Ernie Kell
Ernie Kell | |
|---|---|
| 25thMayor of Long Beach | |
| In office 1984–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas J. Clark |
| Succeeded by | Beverly O'Neill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernest Eugene Kell, Jr. July 5, 1928 Washburn, North Dakota |
| Died | April 29, 2017(aged 88) Long Beach, California |
| Spouse | Jackie Kell |
Ernest Eugene Kell, Jr.(July 5, 1928 – April 29, 2017) served as mayor ofLong Beach, Californiafrom 1984 to 1994, and as a city councilor for 13 years.[1][2][3]
Life and career
[edit]Kell was born into modest circumstances on a farm inWashburn, North Dakota.His family moved toWilmingtonduring theGreat Depression,where he would graduate fromPhineas Banning High School.He received an associate degree fromLong Beach City College,and attendedCalifornia State University, Long Beach.[1]
Kell was aUnited States Merchant Marine,and alsoUnited States Armyveteran of theKorean War.[1]He would later own a drafting and contracting company.[4][5][6]In 1973, he married his wife Jackie, herself a Long Beach city councilor from 1998 to 2006.[1][7]Kell died from cancer at his home in theEl Dorado Park neighborhoodof Long Beach. He was 88.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeArchbold, Rich (30 April 2017)."Ernie Kell, Long Beach's first elected mayor, dies".Press Telegram.
- ^"Archives".Los Angeles Times.11 June 1989.
- ^"Old cemetery gets attention".9 July 2010.
- ^"Archives".Los Angeles Times.2 June 1988.
- ^"The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Construction in North Dakota".
- ^"History".
- ^"Archives".Los Angeles Times.21 July 1988.
- 1928 births
- 2017 deaths
- Mayors of Long Beach, California
- California city council members
- People from Burleigh County, North Dakota
- Businesspeople from California
- United States Army personnel of the Korean War
- Deaths from cancer in California
- United States Army soldiers
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Phineas Banning High School alumni