Rep. Paul E. Gillmor’s Death Ruled Accidental
The Washington Post reports that Rep. Gillmor fell down the stairs. How sad and unfortunate.
Here are the details on his funeral services in Columbus and Tiffin, as well as organizations that his family asks people to send money to in lieu of flowers. The plan for Gillmor to lie in the Statehouse Rotunda on Tuesday is quite an honor, as only 6 people before him have done so… which includes 4 presidents.
me said,
Wrote on September 9, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
who are the six? one was Riffe, who was the other non president?
SanCoGop said,
Wrote on September 9, 2007 @ 10:14 pm
According to Gongwer, these are the other six that were afforded the State House honor:
March 8, 1857 - Elisha Kent Kane, arctic explorer and scientist, lay in state in the Senate Chamber
April 29, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the US, lay in state in the Rotunda, with a service on the East Terrace
1884 - Januarius Aloysius MacGahan, Journalist, lay in state
July, 1985 - Myrl Shoemaker, Former Ohio Lt. Gov., memorial service in the Rotunda
August 4, 1997 - Verne Riffe, Former Speaker of the Ohio House, memorial service in the Rotunda
March 7, 2001 - James A. Rhodes, Former Ohio Governor, memorial service in the Rotunda