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CHARLES W. TAYLOR
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Charles W. Taylor, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Charles W. Taylor, son of Frank and Louise Taylor, was born in Poweshiek county, Iowa, January 29, 1878, and passed away December 21, 1944.
Mr. Taylor moved with his parents in 1881, to a farm north of Audubon. He attended the rural schools of the county and the Highland Park College in Des Moines, Iowa. On May 27, 1903, he was married to Gertrude Cozine.
Mr. Taylor was a member of Vertitas Lodge A. F. & A. M. No. 392, Amity Chapter No. 91, and Godfrey Commandery No. 44. He greatly enjoyed the Masonic work and maintained an active interest until the time of his death. He took a deep interest in the church and civic affairs. He was honored by serving his country as its State Representative in the Forty-third session.
Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Lucille Manatt and Mrs. Alice Anderson of Audubon and Doris of Washington, D. C.; one sister, Mrs. J. J. Ruhs of Audubon, and four grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first General Assembly, That in the passing of the Honorable Charles W. Taylor, the state has lost a valued and honored citizen and the family a loving husband and father and the House would tender, by this resolution, it 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.
PETER A. JESSEN,
G. T. KUESTER,
JAY C. COLBURN,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted,