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61 (1965)
LA MAR P. FOSTER
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable La Mar P. Foster begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
La Mar P. Foster was born April 4, 1898 in Illinois. In 1920 he married Mary Thomason and they had two sons and three daughters.
Mr. Foster attended James Milliken University as a member of the student army training corp and after teaching in rural Illinois schools for three years, he came to Downey in Cedar County, Iowa as principal of the Downey Public School. He later became the manager of the Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator and Exchange in Centerdale and held this position for four years; he held many elected positions within Cedar County including Mayor of West Branch, Cedar County Supervisor and President of the West Branch School Board; he was a retired farmer, livestock buyer and trucking firm operator and was a longtime member of the Masons and the Methodist Church in West Branch.
A Democrat, Mr. Foster represented Cedar County during the Forty-fifth, Forty-fifth Extra, Forty-sixth, Forty-sixth Extra and Sixty-first General Assemblies and served as Speaker of the House during the Forty-seventh General Assembly.
La Mar P. Foster died January 3, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Mary, of West Branch; son, Derrold Foster, Iowa City; his daughter, Doris Hagen, San Antonio, Texas; daughter, Mary Jay Turnbull, Des Moines, Iowa; daughter, Audrey Rex, West Branch, Iowa; sister Mary Brinocar, Normal, Illinois; seventeen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable La Mar P. Foster, 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.
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.
DAVID OSTERBERG
ROBERT JOHNSON
ROBERT E. DVORSKY
Committee