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Born, raised and schooled in Lakeville; a dairy farmer who sat in the Indiana House for three decades. Richard William Mangus was born 23 July 1930 in Lakeville, attended the Lakeville public schools, and graduated from Lakeville High School in 1948. A dairy and grain farmer and professional truck driver, he was first elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in November 1972 and served thirty-two years, 1973–2004, across the 10th, 6th and 21st districts; the legislation he carried led to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and the stretch of Indiana Route 31 near Potato Creek State Park and Lakeville is named in his honour. The tie stands on the reference article, on his South Bend Tribune obituary ("a lifelong resident of Lakeville… born on July 23, 1930, in Lakeville"), and on the Congressional Record twice over: in 2004, Representative Chris Chocola — "Representative Mangus was born in Lakeville, Indiana, in 1930. He and his wife Mary still remain in Lakeville where their five children were raised" — and in 2008, Representative Joe Donnelly honouring "Indiana Representative Richard Mangus of Lakeville, Indiana," "just a dairy farmer from Lakeville." He died 4 February 2008 at his Lakeville home. A later state representative, Jackie Walorski, was described in his obituary coverage as "R-Lakeville" by district; no carrier ties her to the town by birth, residence or schooling, and she is not entered.