He was born in Burlington, Iowa, on May 19, 1908, to Mary Louise Sleeter and John Thomas Conn. He graduated from Burlington High School and went on to earn his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Iowa. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi social fraternity and Phi Delta Phi Legal fraternity. He married Gladys Viola Trailer on April 2, 1935, and they lived in Burlington where he was in a private law practice. During his career he also served as the Des Moines County Attorney, a Judge for the Burlington Municipal Court and as the President of the Burlington School Board. Mr. Blythe was elected in a special election on December 28, 1954, to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Representative Claude Oberman in the Fifty-sixty General Assembly. He was voted Burlington Citizen Number One in 1960. In 1962, he moved with his family, to Des Moines, Iowa where he was the Executive Secretary of the Iowa Association of School Boards until his retirement. Mr. Conn died on July 4, 2007. Source: Find A Grave Memorial# 20415714