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HON. GEORGE H. PURDY.
MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and public service of the honorable Geo. H. Purdy, state representative in the thirty-sixth general assembly, report as follows:
Mr. Purdy was born in Ontario, Canada, August 27, 1866, of American parentage. He moved with his parents to Mason City, Iowa, in 1869, where he attended the public schools and later Cornell college at Mt. Vernon, where he took the civil engineering course, afterwards engaging in the grocery business at Spencer, Iowa, for ten years. He was married at Spencer, Iowa, May 20, 1891, to Hattie Flint, and to this union four children were born. In 1899 he moved back to Mason City and was engaged in the growing and jobbing of fruit and raising registered Duroc-Jersey swine, moving to Rockford, Iowa, in 1910. He held township and town offices, and was elected representative in 1914.
Mr. Purdy was a republican in politics, a member of the Congregational church, and was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Knights of Pythias. He died at Mason City on the 19th day of April, 1915.
Mr. Purdy was a man of honor and integrity and stood high in the confidence and esteem of his associates. He was kind, considerate, generous, and served well in every capacity in which he was engaged; therefore, be it
Resolved, that in the death of Hon. Geo. H. Purdy, 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 House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an engrossed copy to the family of the deceased.
GEO. H. DUNKELBERG,
J. C. GRASON,
B. J. HORCHEM,
Committee.
Adopted January 30, 1917.