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SYLVESTER CALVIN REES
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and public service of the Honorable Sylvester Calvin Rees, State Representative and State Senator, reports as follows:
Mr. Rees was born on a farm near Carlisle, in Warren county, Iowa, on the 5th day of May, 1849. He was educated in the common school and in the high school of Carlisle. In 1868 he removed to Fremont county, where he taught school, and also worked as a clerk in different stores. He was engaged in farming, in which he was quite successful and acquired considerable land. In his later years he also engaged in real estate and insurance business.
In 1881 he was married to Miss Lulu Harris and to this union were born the following children:ยท Paul Rees, J. R. Rees, Mrs. Edith Dyke and Mrs. Pearl Jones.
Mr. Rees served Hamburg as a councilman and as mayor. In 1914 he was elected State Representative and was reelected in 1916, serving in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh General Assemblies. In 1922 he was elected State Senator and served in the Fortieth, Fortieth extra and Forty-first General Assemblies. Mr. Rees died at his home in Hamburg, Iowa, on March 1, 1929.
Mr. Rees was a man of honor and stood high in the confidence and esteem of his associates. He was kind, considerate and generous and served well in every capacity in which he was engaged. In public or private life, Mr. Rees was a man of pronounced convictions, candid and outspoken, and there was never room for doubt as to his stand on any public question; therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the death of Hon. Sylvester Calvin Rees, the State has lost a worthy and influential citizen, and that we extend to his relatives and friends our sincere sympathy; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution of respect and appreciation be printed in the journal of the Senate and that the Secretary be directed to forward an engrossed copy to the family of the deceased.
DENVER L. WILSON,
OSCAR ULSTAD,
F. C. GILCHRIST,
Committee.