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HONORABLE WILLIAM COOPER
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life, character, and public service of the Honorable William Cooper of Jasper county, begs leave to submit the following report:
William Cooper, the son of Levi and Ellen Cooper, pioneers of Jasper county, was born November 28, 1868, near Lynnville. He received his education in the county schools and the Hazel Dell Academy of Newton, and graduated from Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, in 1894.
After teaching school for a few years, he bought a loan and abstract business, and located in the city of Newton in 1900. This line of work turned his attention to legal matters, and as a consequence he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1904. He continued his business and professional interests for over thirty years, retiring from the abstract business about ten years ago.
Mr. Cooper was of a religious nature, and affiliated with the Methodist church early in life; and to the progress and welfare of the church he devoted much time. He was a member of the official board of his church for nearly forty years.
On October 26, 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Virginia Russell, who survives him. Into their home were born the following children: Florence, a teacher in Newton; three sons, Russell, of Mount Vernon, Iowa; Richard, and Robert, of Los Angeles, California.
Always a loyal Republican, he was elected State Representative in 1908, and represented Jasper county in the Thirty-third General Assembly.
He had been in failing health five or six years, and finally passed away on March 29, 1941.
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in the passing of the Honorable William Cooper of Jasper county, the state of Iowa has lost a valuable and honored citizen, a conscientious statesman, and the family a loving husband and father.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House of Representatives and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives be instructed to send an enrolled copy of this resolution to each member of the family of the deceased.
GORDON SMITH,
EDW. J. MORRISSEY,
HENRY WICHMAN,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted, April 3, 1941.