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JOHN K. HALE
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable John K. Hale of Anamosa, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following:
John K. Hale was born in Guildford, Connecticut, on August 27, 1858. When he was eighteen months old, his parents brought him to Jones county, Iowa. He received his education in rural schools.
He was married in 1879 to Carrie Black and to this union a daughter, Myrta, was born. Carrie Hale died in 1881. Mr. Hale was married again in 1882 to Clare E. Stone and to this union a daughter was born.
He engaged in farming for many years and in 1892 moved to Anamosa, Iowa, and engaged in buying grain and in the grocery and meat business. He served as township trustee and county supervisor and later in the Iowa House of Representatives from Jones county in the Thirty-sixth General Assembly, and as Senator from 1917 to 1924 from the JonesCedar county district. Mr. Hale was affiliated with the Republican party and was a member of the Congregational Church.
John K. Hale died at his home in Anamosa, Iowa, January 31, 1946, at the age of 87 years. He is survived by his wife and daughter, Myrta.
In the passing of John K. Hale, this state mourns the loss of a valuable and honored citizen, a man who devoted many years of his life to public service.
EDWIN C. SCHLUTER,
IRVING D. LONG,
ROBERT C. REILLY,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.