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LEE O. WOLFE
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorative of the life, character, and public service of the late Lee O. Wolfe, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Lee O. Wolfe, Representative from Kossuth county, was born in Quiet Dell, West Virginia, February 17, 1870, and passed away January 28, 1944.
He was active in both civic and social affairs. For thirty-nine years he held official offices in Titonka. He was elected mayor for eleven years consecutively. He served on the school board, on the Methodist church board of stewards and as treasurer. He also had been cashier of the Savings bank in Titonka. Through his efforts the Titonka school was consolidated. He was Postmaster of Titonka for sixteen years, and owned and edited for thirty-nine years the “Titonka Topic”. In the Spanish American war he saw service in Puerto Rico, and was also a member of Company F, 3rd Illinois Volunteers.
Mr. Wolfe was a member of the 39th General Assembly, and was a Republican in politics. He is survived by his wife and three daughters: Mrs. Lela Prewitt, Forest City, Iowa; Mrs. Carrie Torgerson, Titonka, Iowa, and Mrs. Mabel Dyreland, Davenport, Iowa.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first General Assembly, That in the passing of this honored citizen, the House wishes to tender by this resolution its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of this family in their sorrow.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be instructed to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
EDWARD CAPESIUS,
THEO .KLEMESRUD,
LEO D. FREDERICKSON,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted,