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AZEL MCILRATH
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Azel Hull McIlrath, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Azel Hull McIlrath was born March 3, 1897 near Hartwick, Iowa to J. L. and Lizzie A. Korns McIlrath. He graduated in 1913 from Grinnell High School and from Iowa State University in 1919.
Mr. McIlrath married Gay M. Huston on January 12, 1920. To this union were born two daughters and one son.
Mr. McIlrath married Reatha Burke of Blairstown on March 19, 1938 and to this union were born two daughters.
Mr. McIlrath was an auctioneer, with his father, in his early years. He was associated with Poweshiek County newspapers and served as editor of the Brooklyn Chronicle. In 1933 he joined the Mortgage and Loan Department of National Life of Vermont as a field representative, a position he held for twenty years. Mr. McIlrath was a member of the First Congregational Church, the Masonic Lodge at Brooklyn and High Twelve Club of Cedar Rapids, a veteran of World War I, a life member of the American Legion in Cedar Rapids and past commander of Francis-Gallagher Post of the American Legion at Brooklyn.
Mr. McIlrath, a Republican, was a member of the Forty-second, Forty-second Extra and Forty-third General Assemblies, representing Poweshiek County.
Mr. McIlrath passed away on March 3,1978 and is survived by his wife, Reatha; his five children, Mildred Moses of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; Peggy Liddle of Mountain View, California; Sara Whelpley of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; Nancy Preston of Green Bay, Wisconsin; Paul M. McIlrath of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; eighteen grandchildren and two great-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 Azel Hull McIlrath, 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.
EMIL J. HUSAK
KEITH H. DUNTON
DONALD V. DOYLE
Committee