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RALPH REID HUNT
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Ralph Reid Hunt, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Ralph Reid Hunt was born in Cairo, Louisa County, Iowa, January 16, 1879. He was the son of Henry and Laura Hornsby Hunt.
Mr. Hunt was educated in the public school of Wapello and graduated from the Wapello High School in 1895. Upon graduation, he worked at the printer’s trade for four years. He taught school for nine years and was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1906 and served until 1912.
On September 10, 1902, he was married to Mary Pearl Parsons, who died in 1913. On November 22, 1924, he was married at Oakville, Iowa, to Sophie Kramer.
Mr. Hunt served in the Iowa Legislature from 1927 to 1931 as representative from Louisa County.
He was active in the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge, as well as all civic affairs. He moved to his farm in 1912.
He died at his home in Wapello, August 29, 1961, and is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Helen Thomas, Menlo Park, California, and a brother, Edward, of Wapello, Iowa. A son, Reid Lyttleton, preceded him in death.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixtieth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Ralph Reid Hunt 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 his 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.
FRED E. WIER,
DAVID STANLEY,
KEITH L. VETTER,
Committee.