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HON. H. K. SKINNER.
MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare and present suitable resolutions respecting the life, character and public services of the Hon. H. K. Skinner, who represented Jasper county in the thirty-fourth general assembly, beg to submit the following report:
Hon. H. K. Skinner who represented the county of Jasper in the thirty-fourth general assembly died at his home in the township of Clear Creek, Jasper county, Iowa, November 14, 1915.
Mr. Skinner moved with his parents to Ft. Dodge, Iowa, in 1853 and to Jasper county in 1860. Was married January 19, 1871 to Mary Keyes who died in 1875. Two children survive, Walter of Newton, Iowa and Mrs. George Boyd of Farrar, Iowa.
In 1876 he was united in marriage to Mary Edwards. To this union eight children were born, five of whom with the mother survive. Besides these children, Charles and Arthur Skinner, Mrs. Lafe Eubank, Mrs. Ray Tiffany and Mrs. Bud Borts, all of the vicinity of Clear Creek township, Jasper county, Iowa, he leaves twelve grand children.
Mr. Skinner was a man who was interested in the business, social, religious and educational life of the community. He received his education in the schools at Newton, Iowa, and in his youth was a rural instructor. During his active life he was called to many offices of trust, having served as township assessor and township clerk and was chosen by the republicans to represent Jasper county in the thirty-fourth general assembly of Iowa. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and a member of the Ashton Congregational church and always took a great interest in its work.
Mr. Skinner died at his home on Sunday morning, November 14, 1915, after a sickness of several months.
Therefore, be it resolved that in his death the state has lost a worthy citizen and an honorable and upright man and we hereby extend our sympathy to the surviving family, and
Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be printed in the journal of the House.
DAVID MEREDITH,
H. W. BENN,
JOHN KROUSE,
Committee.
Adopted January 30, 1917.