Representative Charles E. Narey View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 7/18/1947
Birth Place: Osage, Iowa
Birth County: Mitchell
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 39 (1921)
Home County: Dickinson
Charles E. Narey
Dickinson County

CHARLES EDWARD NAREY, banker and legislator, died at Spirit Lake, Iowa, July 18, 1947; born as Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa, November 25, 1873, the son of Peter E. and Emma F. Narey; removed with his parents to Spirit Lake in 1881; educated in the Spirit Lake schools and State University of Iowa law school; entered the banking business at Laurens, Iowa, in 1896, and returned to Spirit Lake in 1902, where he has since resided; married Anna H. Wiss of Laurens April 20, 1898; served as president of the Iowa State Bankers’ association; a member of the Iowa General Assembly from Dickinson county in 1921, and was grand commander of the Iowa Knights Templars; became affiliated with the Iowa state banking department as an examiner in 1937 and later with the Iowa Tax commission; a vice president of the Pioneer Lawmakers of Iowa, and is survived by a daughter, Charlotte; a brother, Judge Harry E. Narey, and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Hartman, all of Spirit Lake.