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Former Lt. Gov. Karl Ohs Dies
The Flathead Beacon ^
| 11/25/2007
| Katie Oyan (AP)
Posted on 11/25/2007 4:54:20 PM PST by skully
HELENA (AP) – Former Lt. Gov. Karl Ohs, who dedicated years to public service and was widely known for his role in negotiating an end to the Freemen standoff near Jordan, died Sunday at his home in Helena. He was 61.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: obituary; ohs
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posted on
11/25/2007 4:54:22 PM PST
by
skully
To: skully
Just a young feller.
Here in Cow Hampshah, we’ve never had a Lieutenant Governor die.
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posted on
11/25/2007 5:09:07 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: skully
That’s sad news to hear. I knew him a little , did some business with him. A really nice fellow. Gotta say that I’m honored to have known him.
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posted on
11/25/2007 5:59:43 PM PST
by
Tigermoth
("...in order to form a more perfect union.....and secure the blessings of liberty..")
To: Montana Headlines; timer; Clintonfatigued; darkangel82; EternalVigilance; JohnnyZ; Norman Bates; ...
Sad news out of MT. May Mr. Ohs rest in peace.
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posted on
11/25/2007 8:14:37 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: fieldmarshaldj
There is only this one photo of Ohs from the famous Freemen standoff left on Google images. One hopes that more will pop up in his honor.
On Montana Headlines, there is an excerpt from a longer Charles Johnson piece about last summer's GOP state convention in which Johnson talks about Ohs saying farewell to the party he served so well. It is short, lyrical, and worth reading.
Johnson's full obituary on Ohs is also good.
Corey Stapleton, outgoing state Senate minority leader, recently said that Karl Ohs was the uncredited and unsung hero behind the many legislative and economic successes of the Judy Martz administration.
One thing that is becoming clear (and that one is hearing more and more in Montana Republican circles) is that while Martz wasn't a skilled politician who could keep out of electoral and press problems, she was a better governor either than her popular Republican predecessor or her popular Democratic successor.
And "the rock" (as Stapleton put it) behind her was the old cowboy, Karl Ohs.
He will be missed. Deeply.
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posted on
11/26/2007 5:48:40 PM PST
by
Montana Headlines
(No, we won't let let Montana become a "blue state")
To: Wally_Kalbacken; acapesket; george76; timer; tinamina; Clintonfatigued; WOSG; stephenjohnbanker; ...
Ping for those who haven’t seen the photo of Karl Ohs on horseback — from back in the day.
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posted on
11/26/2007 8:48:26 PM PST
by
Montana Headlines
(No, we won't let let Montana become a "blue state")
To: Montana Headlines
I was shocked to hear about his death. I didn’t know he was ill. I personally hoped we could’ve persuaded him to get back in the political arena as he was one of the best and brightest in MT. May he rest in peace.
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posted on
11/26/2007 10:53:24 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: skully
Ohs
Is that a common MT name?
There is a body shop in Kalispell & WHitefish named Ohs.
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posted on
11/27/2007 7:10:58 AM PST
by
Bear_Slayer
(When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
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