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ERNST LIEBERKNECHT
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Ernst Lieberknecht begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Ernst Lieberknecht was born on a farm in Louisa County near Letts, Iowa, on September 25, 1883, the son of Henry Lieberknecht and Salome Wiederrecht. He attended the rural school and graduated from the Letts High School in 1900, and afterward became a student at Iowa State College for two and one-half years, where he specialized in animal husbandry.
He was married to Gertrude B. Hafner of Muscatine County on October 30, 1911, at Cranston, Iowa. To this union were born two daughters, Betty, on September 24, 1917, and Barbara, on September 20, 1923.
He resided on a farm of his own in Louisa County where he was engaged in a general farming and feeding business.
He was a director of the Louisa County Farm Bureau for two years and was county president for the year 1922. He was a director and past president of the Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative, a member of the ASC Board, a school board director, and a trustee of Cornell College. He was an active member of the United Methodist Church of Letts, where he was superintendent of the Sunday School for thirty years. A Republican, Mr. Lieberknecht served as State Representative from Louisa County in the Fortieth, Fortieth Extra and Forty-first General Assemblies.
Mr. Lieberknecht passed away on March 29, 1974, at the Wapello Nursing Home. Services were held at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with burial in Letts Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Gertrude, on November 24, 1971; his daughter, Betty, on September 24, 1917; and his daughter, Barbara, on November 21, 1943.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Ernst Lieberknecht, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution expresses its appreciation of his service and tenders 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 the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
DAVID M. STANLEY
RICHARD F. DRAKE
CHARLES F. STROTHMAN
Committee