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HONORABLE FRED B. WITT
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and public service of the Honorable Fred B. Witt, late of Butler county, Iowa, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Forty-fourth General Assembly, beg leave to submit the following:
Fred B. Witt was born at Grand Forks, North Dakota, July 24, 1884. He accompanied his parents to Shell Rock in 1900, where he was engaged as a partner with his father in newspaper work. Later in life he entered into mercantile pursuits, having been in the lumber, coal, and grain business. On June 10, 1908, he was married to Laura Mansfield who survived her husband but a few minutes. They leave to mourn two sons, Mansfield and Richard. Mr. Witt’s mother passed away but a few weeks ago. Mr. Witt was a member of the Knights of Pythias, A. F. & A. M., R. A. M., Commandery and Shrine. He also served on the board of education and was a member of the Butler County Republican Central Committee, having served as chairman of that body for a number of years. Mr. Witt was instantly killed in an automobile accident while returning from a lumbermen’s convention at Des Moines, on the evening of February 28, 1934, therefore:
Be It Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Witt, the city and state has lost a loyal and honorable citizen, and that we extend to his relatives and friends our sincere sympathy, and
Be It Further Resolved, That this resolution of respect and appreciation be printed in the Journal of the House and an engrossed copy of the same be sent to the bereaved sons.
ADA GARNER
ROY J. SOURS
ARCH W. MCFARLANE
Committee
Unanimously adopted, March 7, 1934.