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HONORABLE GEORGE L. VENARD
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to prepare a resolution commemorating the life, character and public services of the late Honorable George L. Venard of Sioux county, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:
George L. Venard was born in Muscatine county, Iowa, August 7, 1860. He grew to young manhood in southeastern Iowa and on January 1, 1885, was united in marriage with Miss Bertha Bell at Wilton Junction, Iowa. Mr. Venard is survived by six children, Arthur, of Tracy, Minnesota; Guy of Hawarden; Mrs. Harold G. King of Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Willard T. Greene of Sioux City; Harry of Des Moines, and Mrs. Earl V. Slife of Hawarden. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs. Venard died on August 22, 1936.
Mr. Venard has lived in and near Hawarden since 1901 and took an active part in church, social, civic and political affairs of the community, county and state. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Church. He served for years as township clerk and later as assessor of the city of Hawarden and was an active member of the County Council of Defense and was active in Liberty Loan drives. In 1921 he was elected to represent Sioux county in the state legislature to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of D. O. Stone and was re-elected in 1922, 1924, 1926 and 1928, after which he declined to again be a candidate. He also served for a time as a cigaret tax inspector in the state treasurer’s office.
Mr. Venard passed away at his home February 9, 1939. He was always held in the highest esteem by his friends and acquaintances. To every task upon which he entered, he devoted sincere, conscientious service.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Forty-eighth General Assembly, That the state has lost a valued and beloved citizen, and the House of Representatives would tender, by this resolution, its sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the surviving members of his family in their sorrow.
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.
M. D. VAN OOSTERHOUT,
L. O. LAMPMAN,
F. O. HOCUM,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted, April 12, 1939.