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FRED R. BLYTHE
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Fred R. Blythe, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Fred R. Blythe was born November 6, 1890, in Troy township near Williamsburg. He was graduated from Williamsburg High School, the University of Iowa in 1913, and Columbia Law School in 1916. He was admitted to the Illinois bar and briefly practiced law before returning to his former community Williamsburg and farming for the majority of his life.
He married Bertha von Schrader in 1916. Two daughters and two sons were born to this union.
Mr. Blythe served as a trustee of the Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Delta Chi fraternity, was a board member of the York creamery for many years, and served as a member of the Williamsburg school board. Mr. Blythe, a Republican, was a member of the Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-second Extra General Assemblies, representing Iowa County.
Mr. Blythe passed away on August 27, 1977 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Bertha; his daughters, Mrs. Jane Barton, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, and Mrs. Imogene Crebbin, Richmond, California; two sons, Frederick C. Blythe, Springfield, Illinois, and William S. Blythe, Williamsburg, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. C.G. Baird, Palo Alto, California and Mrs. Louis Penningroth, Iowa City, Iowa; one brother, John Blythe, Williamsburg, Iowa; and fourteen grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Fred R. Blythe, 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 the 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.
LINDA SVOBODA
KEITH H. DUNTON
EMIL J. HUSAK
Committee