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GEORGE EDWARD HELD
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable George Edward Held, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
George Edward Held was born July 1, 1877 in Plymouth County, Iowa. He was one of the first graduates of the LeMars Normal School, now Westmar College. He married Agnes Ayres March 8, 1922. To this union were born two sons and one daughter.
Mr. Held was a cattle and sheep raiser and also imported German coach horses. He was a member of the Hinton Methodist Church, and a member of the Hinton school board for 22 years.
Mr. Held, a Republican, served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first and Forty-second sessions of the General Assembly as representative of Plymouth County. He died November 27, 1966.
Surviving Mr. Held are his widow; two sons, Thomas of Hinton and Dr. Stanley Held of Buffalo, Minnesota; a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Shores of Columbus, Indiana, and seven grandchildren.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable George Edward Held, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.
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.
GORDON STOKES,
HAROLD NELSON,
ELMER DEN HERDER,
Committee.