Eugene Edward Stokowski (June 23, 1921 – August 1, 1979) was an American politician and businessman. Stokowski was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from Edison High School in 1939. He served in the

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during

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. Stokowski graduated from the

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in 1949 and was involved with the stock market. Stokowski served on the Minneapolis City Council and was a Democrat. He served in the

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from 1973 until his death in 1979. His wife

Anne K. Stokowski Anne Kocon Stokowski (November 26, 1925 – July 26, 2020) was an American politician. Stokowski lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to Edison High School in Minneapolis. She was a homemaker. Stokowski served in the Minnesota Senate fro ...

also served in the Minnesota Senate.'State Senator Stokowski Dead at 58,' Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Betty Wilson, August 2, 1979

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