Representative John Christian Bauer View All Years

JOHN CHRISTIAN BAUER

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public services of the late Honorable John Christian Bauer, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

John Christian Bauer, age 75, long a prominent citizen of the West Chester and Washington communities in Washington county, Iowa, passed away February 9, 1944, at the Washington County Hospital. He was taken suddenly ill shortly after noon on Tuesday and was taken to the hospital that night. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist Church, conducted by the pastor, Reverend Fred E. Miller, followed by burial in Elm Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Bauer was born in Germany, April 19, 1868, and came to the United States early in life. He had been a resident of Washington county sixty years and of the city of Washington twenty-five years.

Mr. Bauer’s wife passed away October 15, 1936. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Carl Vorhees of Washington and Mrs. Claude Holmes of Keota; two sons, Roy of West Chester and Ralph of Clinton, Missouri; two brothers, Fred and Lou, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Ross, all of West Chester. He also leaves seven grandchildren, three of whom are in the United States armed forces.

His early education was received in Germany. He later attended business college in Burlington. He held most of the township offices in Franklin township and was prominent in the affairs of the community.

He was elected to the State Legislature as a Republican in 1924 and served in the 41st, 42nd and 42nd Extra Sessions. He was a member of the Methodist Church and quite active in church work.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first General Assembly, That in the passing of the late Honorable John Christian Bauer, the state has lost a valued and honored citizen, and the House would tender, by this resolution, its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family in their sorrow; and

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be instructed to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

T. H. HUSTON,

CARL A. ANDERSON,

M. F. HICKLIN,

Committee.

Unanimously adopted,