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JONAS DEMOSS BUSER
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee appointed to prepare a suitable memorial commemorating the life and public service of the late Honorable Jonas DeMoss Buser, begs leave to submit the following report:
Jonas DeMoss Buser was born in Louisa County on January 15, 1867, the son of Rev. John Buser and Margaret DeMoss Lenox Buser. He passed away at his farm home on March 5, 1951, at the age of 84 years.
On January 7, 1885, he was married to Rebecca Jane McKee, who preceded him in death. Surviving him are two sons, Lenox D. Buser, of Conesville, Iowa, and Warren John Buser, of California; and two daughters, Mrs. Irvin Everet, of Conesville, and Mrs. Walto Plotts, of Knoxville, Iowa; and several grandchildren.
In early childhood he attended the public schools of Conesville, and later attended Iowa City Academy and the collegiate department of the State University. In 1892 he completed a two-year law course at the university.
Mr. Buser was an active citizen in the affairs of his community, his county, and his state. In early manhood he had engaged in farming; and at the time of his death he was serving as president of the Louisa County National Bank at Columbus Junction. He had served as a member of the local school board; as a member of the Muscatine County board of supervisors; and as a member of the Senate from the Louisa-Muscatine district in the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Fortieth Extra, and Forty-first General Assemblies of Iowa. He was a Republican in politics.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and a member of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-fourth General Assembly: That in the passing of the Honorable Jonas DeMoss Buser, the people of his community, the counties he represented, and the state he served, all recognize the loss of a respected and beloved citizen.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to send enrolled copies to the family of the deceased.
HERMAN B. LORD,
STANLEY L. HART,
FRANK L. BYERS,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted .