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Fred W. Year

Osceola County

HONORABLE FRED W. YEAR

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorative of the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Fred W. Year, of Osecola county, Iowa, beg leave to submit the following report:

Fred W. Year was born in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, March 26, 1869. When two years of age he moved with his parents to O’Brien county, Iowa. He homesteaded with his father south of Hartley, Iowa. On March 1, 1902, he moved to a farm adjoining Melvin, Iowa, where he lived up to the time of his death, August 16, 1935. During his residence there he contributed to the upbuilding of this community. He was progressive in politics and was always active in the support of the beliefs which he considered right.

He represented Osecola county in the Thirty-ninth General Assembly and for a number of years was the republican county chairman. Always interested in education, he was director of the Melvin Consolidated Schools and was instrumental in doing his part in erecting the fine building that they now have in Melvin.

He was a very successful stockman and handled large numbers of livestock for feeding and raising purposes. For a long time he interested himself in the breeding of Duroc Jersey hogs.

He was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Huster, March 8, 1898. She preceded him in death February 19, 1928, and on May 15, 1933, he was again united in marriage to Mrs. Clara Newton, of White, South Dakota. He is survived by his four children, George, Ralph, Fred and Mrs. Ream Remmers all of Melvin, Iowa.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Forty-seventh General Assembly, That in the passing of the Honorable Fred W. Year, the state of Iowa has lost a valued and honored citizen, a man of great character and worth, and the House of Representatives of Iowa, by this resolution, tenders its sympathy to the family of the deceased.

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.

W. J. JOHANNES,

WM. TREIMER,

OTTO FUELLING,

Committee.

Unanimously adopted, April 19, 1937.

House District 98