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JOHN W. JACOBS
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable John W. Jacobs, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
John W. Jacobs was born August 7, 1871, in Calhoun County, Iowa. He was educated in a rural school and Lake City public school. He attended Drake University and the University of Iowa College of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1896.
Mr. Jacobs practiced law for 44 years and served as drainage attorney for Calhoun County for many years. He served four term s as mayor of Lake City, and gave countless hours of service to civic organizations.
Mr. Jacobs was married November 17, 1898 to Bertha A. Coe, a native of Woodbine. She was a professor of language and literature in the Woodbine Normal College prior to her marriage. Mrs. Jacobs departed this life in 1947.
Mr. Jacobs, a Republican, served in the House of Representatives during the sessions of the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth General Assemblies.
He passed away on March 22, 1964, at McVay Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient since March 21, 1963. He is survived by two daughters, Catherine Jacobs Cavanaugh of Topeka, Kansas, and Jean Keir of Sioux City. Also, four grandchildren and a niece.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-first General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable John W. Jacobs the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the remaining members of his family.
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 members of the family of the deceased.
WILLIAM P. WINKELMAN,
WESLEY J. GRAHAM,
BERNARD J. MURPHY,
Committee.