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Memorial to the Honorable L. W. Hatter of Iowa County
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable L. W. Hatter, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
L. W. Hatter was born in Keokuk County November 29, 1860. He moved with his parents to Millersburg, Iowa, in 1865. He was in the general merchandise and drug business until 1903. He served as county treasurer until January, 1909, and then engaged in farming and in the banking business. Mr. Hatter was elected and served as Representative from Iowa County in the Forty-third session of the General Assembly.
He was a member of A. F. and A. M., number 231, and Iowa Consistory number two. In politics, he was a Republican.
Mr. Hatter’s wife preceded him in death, having died in December of 1919. Mr. Hatter died December 24, 1943, at the age of 83. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Gladys Bauer, Millersburg; Mrs. Edna Tripses, Millersburg; Mrs. Edith Thomas, Mobridge, South Dakota; Mrs. Ruth McCallister, Williamsburg; and two sons, Merle K. Hatter, 130 W. Lafayette Street, Ottawa, Illinois, and W. R. Hatter of Marengo, Iowa.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable L. W. Hatter, the state has lost a valuable and honored citizen, and the House expresses its appreciation of his character and public service and tenders by this resolution, its sincere and heartfelt sympathy to his beloved family in their great sorrow and loss.
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 VOIGTMANN,
A. L. MENSING,
CONWAY E. MORRIS,
Committee.