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In Frankfort, Colten was a member of Rotary International, the Blue Grass Area Development District, and the Frankfort and the Kentucky chambers of commerce.<ref name="Minden Press-Herald 2004, p. 1">"Colten left lasting mark on Minden: Former mayor, Press-Herald owner will be laid to rest Friday," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' December 8, 2004, p. 1.</ref>

In Frankfort, Colten was a member of Rotary International, the Blue Grass Area Development District, and the Frankfort and the Kentucky chambers of commerce.<ref name="Minden Press-Herald 2004, p. 1">"Colten left lasting mark on Minden: Former mayor, Press-Herald owner will be laid to rest Friday," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' December 8, 2004, p. 1.</ref>

Colten died in Frankfort and is interred there with his wife at a site never revealed in their obituaries. Though reared in a Jewish household in Michigan, he became a  member of the Minden [[Presbyterian]], Broadmoor Presbyterian in Baton Rouge, and the South Frankfort Presbyterian Church in Kentucky. In addition to his wife and son Lee, Colten was survived by a daughter, Connie Colten Cross (born 1951) of [[Austin]], [[Texas]]; another son, Craig Edward Colten (born 1952), is a [[geography]] professor at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. His sister Mary Glodt, was the wife of a [[physician]] in Pittsfield, [[Massachusetts]], befor she resided in her later years in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. Another survivor is Colten's younger brother Richard of Upper Saddle Ridge, [[New Jersey]].<ref>NLH, pp. 78-79.</ref>

Colten died in Frankfort and is interred there with his wife at a site never revealed in their obituaries. Though reared in a Jewish household in Michigan, he became a  member of the Minden [[Presbyterian]], Broadmoor Presbyterian in Baton Rouge, and the South Frankfort Presbyterian Church in Kentucky. In addition to his wife and son Lee, Colten was survived by a daughter, Connie Colten Cross (born 1951) of [[Austin]], [[Texas]]; another son, Craig Edward Colten (born 1952), is a [[geography]] professor at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. His sister Mary Glodt, was the wife of a [[physician]] in Pittsfield, [[Massachusetts]], befor she resided in her later years in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. Another survivor is Colten's younger brother Richard of Upper Saddle Ridge, [[New Jersey]].<ref>NLH, pp. 78-79.</ref>

Colten was not the only Minden mayor with newspaper experience. [[David William Thomas]], who served from 1936 to 1940,<ref>John Agan, Webster Parish historian, "Echoes of Our Past: Mayor David Thomas," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 22, 2008.</ref> and W. Jasper Blackburn, who filled a one-year term from 1855 to 1856, had extensive experience in journalism as well. [[J. Frank Colbert]], mayor from 1944 to 1946, was a former editor of the ''Minden Democrat'' and the ''Signal-Tribune,'' forerunners to the ''Minden Press-Herald.'' Former Mayor [[Connell Fort]] was also a newspaperman during a part of his career.

Colten was not the only Minden mayor with newspaper experience. [[David William Thomas]], who served from 1936 to 1940,<ref>John Agan, Webster Parish historian, "Echoes of Our Past: Mayor David Thomas," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 22, 2008.</ref> and W. Jasper Blackburn, who filled a one-year term from 1855 to 1856, had extensive experience in journalism as well. J. Frank Colbert (1882-1949), the mayor from 1944 to 1946, was a former editor of the ''Minden Democrat'' and ''The Signal-Tribune,'' forerunners to the ''Minden Press-Herald.'' Former Mayor [[Connell Fort]] was also a newspaperman during a part of his career.

Then Mayor Bill Robertson said on Colten's death: "He made so many things possible. He is responsible for our civic center and so many other positive things that have happened in Minden."<ref name="Minden Press-Herald 2004, p. 1"/>

Then Mayor Bill Robertson said on Colten's death: "He made so many things possible. He is responsible for our civic center and so many other positive things that have happened in Minden."<ref name="Minden Press-Herald 2004, p. 1"/>

In 2018, [[Terry Gardner]], a Democrat-turned-Republican, became the fourth member of the GOP to hold the Minden mayoral office. ​

In 2018, [[Terry Gardner]], a Democrat-turned-Republican, became the fourth member of the GOP to hold the Minden mayoral office. ​

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