Senator Morris W. Moore View All Years

MORRIS MOORE

MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Morris Moore, begs leave to submit the following:

Morris Moore was born in Washington county, Iowa, September 11, 1874, his father being a practicing physician, who moved with his family to Harlan, Iowa, in 1878. Senator Moore attended the public schools of Harlan and took his professional work in medicine at the John A. Creighton Medical College in Omaha, Nebraska, graduating in 1901. In 1902 he located at Walnut, Iowa, for the purpose of practicing his profession in that locality, and remained a resident of that town until his death.

In 1905 Doctor Moore was united in marriage with Cora F. Backus, who survives him. Two daughters also survive. They are Mrs. T. R. Osborne, Jr., of Des Moines, and Mrs. William Goodyear of Walnut, Iowa.

The life story of Senator Moore is the story of a typical Iowa doctor in a small community. He practiced his profession of medicine and surgery in the locality of his residence for over forty years, reflecting credit upon himself and the noble profession he followed. His professional ethics were never questioned, and as a neighbor and member of the community his presence, his counsel and cooperation were always welcome to those people with whom he lived.

Senator Moore was elected to the State Senate in 1932 and re-elected in 1936, serving two full terms in this chamber. He brought to the Senate the sturdy qualities and fine balance that made him a successful professional man. He prized his membership in this body, and his dignity and fairness commanded the respect of his colleagues and the people he represented. Senator Moore passed out of this life at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on October 16, 1944.

His loyalty to our country, his fidelity to duty, and his faithfulness in every public and private trust was an inspiration to all with whom he came in contact.

Therefore Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-first General Assembly of Iowa, in Regular Session, That in the death of Senator Morris Moore the state mourns the loss of an honored citizen, a good public servant and a splendid professional man, the loss resulting therefrom being one that will be felt far into the future.

Be It Further Resolved, That the Senate of the State of Iowa takes this means of extending sympathies and condolences to the widow and the daughters and their respective families, for the loss they have suffered and the grief that has been theirs.

Be It Further Resolved, That this memorial resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to send copies of the same to the widow and daughters of the deceasd.

DE VERE WATSON,

CARL O. SJULIN,

ED. S. WHITE,

O. N. HULTMAN,

H. SAM LOVE,

Committee.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.