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H. GUY ROBERTS
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Harry Guy Roberts, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
H. Guy Roberts was born on a farm near Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, on April 13, 1878, and passed away May 20, 1955. He was the son of Horace and Eliza Roberts.
Mr. Roberts was born in a log cabin, and lived on a farm most of his life. He attended public school until he was 12 years of age. He attended Humeston Normal College for two months when he was called home by the death of his mother. Later, he attended Highland Park Normal College in Des Moines.
On September 18, 1903, he was married to Minnie Ellen McDonald at Grand Island, Nebraska. To this union were born three children: Velma, Hazel and Arlo.
Mr. Roberts was elected to the state legislature in the fall of 1915. He served in the House of Representatives in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh sessions of the General Assembly. He was elected to the Senate and served in the Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-second Extra sessions of the General Asembly. At the close of this service, he retired from politics and took employment with the Bankers Life Insurance Company as appraiser of farm loans. He retired at the age of sixty-five.
He is survived by his widow, Minnie; his daughters, Velma and Hazel, and son, Arlo. Also surviving are six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty seventh General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable H. Guy Roberts, the people of Ringgold County and entire State of Iowa have sustained a great loss and the House expresses its appreciation of his character and public service and tenders, by this resolution, its sincere and heartfelt sympathy to his beloved family in their great sorrow and loss.
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.
EARL T. HOOVER,
ROBERT E. MAGGERT,
R. D. BREAKENRIDGE,
Committee.