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WILLIAM E. MCLELAND
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late William E. McLeland, begs leave to submit the following:
William E. McLeland was born April 16, 1867, in Van Buren County, Iowa, the son of Nathaniel and Jemima McLeland. In 1869, he moved with his parents to the Prairieville Community near Marshalltown where he received his early education. When he was sixteen years of age, the family moved to Marshalltown where he attended the Marshalltown High School and worked with his father as a carpenter. Two years later, the family moved back to the farm and he continued to farm the home place after his father’s death.
In 1889, William McLeland was married to Minnie M. Robinson. To them were born two sons, Robert of Albion and John of Liscomb, and two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Harris of Mason City and Mrs. L. R. Boomhower. Preceding him in death were his wife and daughter, Mrs. L. R. Boomhower.
In 1902, Mr. McLeland was elected Marshall County Auditor in which office he served four years. Later, in 1917, he was appointed to an unexpired term, following which he was again elected Marshall County Auditor.
In 1924, and again in 1928, Mr. McLeland was elected to the State Senate. During the Forty-fourth General Assembly, he served as president pro tempore of the Senate.
Mr. McLeland was active in his community as president of the consolidated school board in his district, as secretary of the local exemption board during World War I, as an official in a number of township offices, and as secretary of the Iowa Valley Mutual Insurance Company for twenty-seven years. He was a member of the Christian church, the Marshall County Farm Bureau and the Republican Party.
William McLeland passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Harris of Mason City, on February 7, 1958, at the age of ninety. In addition to his daughter and two sons, he is survived by seven grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly: That in the passing of the Honorable William E. McLeland, our state has lost a fine citizen whose service to his community and whose representation of the citizens of Marshall County in the State Legislature have been most commendable and valuable.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread on the Journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to each member of Mr. McLeland’s family.
HOWARD C. BUCK,
EUGENE M. HILL,
LAWRENCE PUTNEY,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.