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Memorial to the Honorable Ira W. Jones of Cerro Gordo County
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Ira W. Jones, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Ira W. Jones was born in Erie County, New York, February 28, 1877. He was the son of Murray and Amelia Jones, with whom he came to a farm near Allison in Butler County, Iowa, at three years of age, where·he resided until 1899, when he entered Iowa State College, graduating in the scientific course in 1903. He entered the law school at Drake University, graduating in 1905, and also received a law degree from Yale University. He located at Clear Lake, where he practiced law.
Mr. Jones was married to Bertha Montgomery in 1906 and to this union were born two children.
He was active in civic welfare. He was made a member of the public library board in 1916 and became chairman in 1922, which position he continued to hold until his death. He was a member of various fraternal orders, and the Lions club, being a charter member of the latter, and he served as district governor one year; was Republican county chairman four years, and represented his county in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh sessions of the General Assembly.
Mr. Jones died at his home in Clear Lake, Iowa, June 7, 1949. He is survived by his wife and a son, Dr. Lawrence M. Jones, of Baltimore, Maryland. His daughter, Betty, preceded him in death in 1930.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fiftyfourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Ira W. Jones, the people, not only of Cerro Gordo County, but of the entire State of Iowa, have sustained a great loss.
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.
W. H. TATE,
ARCH W. MCFARLANE,
ELMER PIEPER,
Committee.