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GEORGE J. VAN BUREN
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable George J. Van Buren, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
George J. Van Buren was born on March 18, 1882, in Hardin County, Iowa, and passed away on October 25, 1967, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
He graduated from Epworth Seminary in 1901 and Cornell College in 1904. He then followed the professions of civil engineering in Mexico and teaching in Illinois and Arkansas High Schools, Drury College and Nebraska State Teachers College. He also farmed in Jones County.
On June 12, 1907, he was married to Eda May Cramer and from this union, four children were born.
He served as Republican State Representative from Jones County in the Forty-third and Forty-fourth General Assemblies, and was a Republican candidate for the nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1936. He was a past president of Jones County Farm Bureau and a chairman of Jones County Republican Central Committee.
Surviving him is his second wife, Harriet; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Prescott, Grinnell, Iowa; two sons, John W., of Backus, Minnesota, and Paul W., Staples, Minnesota; also a son-in-law, Austin Spahr, Monticello, Iowa. His first wife and a daughter preceded him in death.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable George J. Van Buren, 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.
ROY A. MILLER
NATHAN F. SORG
LYNN BATTLES, SR.
Committee