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EDWARD W. CLARK
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Edward W. Clark, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Edward W. Clark was born in Villisca, Iowa, on June 12, 1876, at the home of his grandparents. His parents were Judge and Mrs. Joseph J. Clark of Mason City where Mr. Clark maintained his residence throughout his lifetime. He passed away on November 1, 1964, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mr. Clark graduated from the Mason City High School. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and was Captain of Co. A, 109th Ammunition Train, 34th Division, in World War I.
He married Naida Frances Bump on April 25, 1932.
Mr. Clark served as Clerk of Cerro Gordo County District Court and was president and chairman of the board of the United Home Bank & Trust Company, Mason City, for many years. He served one term as Iowa Insurance Commissioner. Mr. Clark, a Republican, served in the Forty-third and Forty-fourth General Assemblies in the Senate, representing Cerro Gordo, Franklin and Hancock Counties. He was a member of several veteran and fraternal organizations and of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Naida.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Edward W. Clark, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the Senate by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
LEIGH R. CURRAN, Chairman
HERBERT L. OLLENBURG
ERNON H. KYHL
Committee
The resolution was unanimously adopted.