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HONORABLE MYRON LE ROY BURT
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character, and public services of the late Honorable M. L. Burt, a member of the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-seventh General Assemblies of Iowa, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Myron Le Roy Burt was born on a farm in Marshall county, Illinois, June 24, 1878, of Scotch descent. In 1887 he moved with his parents to Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois, where he attended school until 1890, when he went with his parents to Dighton, Lane county, Kansas, where in 1897 he graduated from high school. From 1892 to 1897 he worked after school and Saturdays in a printing office learning the printers’ trade, and the summer of 1897, immediately after graduating from the high school, accepted a position on the Kansas City Journal. Remained there only a short time, going from there to Rockford, Illinois, and entering the employment of the Rockford Edison Company during which time he completed a course of study in electrical engineering in the Scranton School of Correspondence. Remained with the Rockford Edison Company until 1902, when he engaged in the electric lighting business at Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa. He was elected Representative from Taylor county in 1908 and re-elected in 1912.
About 1914 he moved to Creston, Union county, Iowa, where he was engaged in the newspaper business and in which city he served as mayor during the years 1925 and 1926. In 1936 he moved back to his old home near Rockford, Illinois, and there concluded his lifetime on February 25, 1938.
Mr. Burt was a member of the Republican party and as a public servant, Mr. Burt was actuated only by a sense of duty to the trust that was committed to him. His death has left a gap in his community that is not likely to be soon filled. He served his state well and Iowa has lost a valuable citizen.
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in the passing of the Honorable M. L. Burt, the state has lost a valued and beloved citizen, and the House of Representatives of the Forty-eighth General Assembly would tender, by this resolution, its sincere and heartfelt sympathy to his family in their sorrow, and
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
JAMES A. LUCAS,
ELMER E. COOPER,
W. J. BEELER,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted, April 12, 1939.