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EDWIN A. MOORE

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the Honorable Edwin A. Moore, a former member of the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth General Assemblies of Iowa, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Edwin A. (Gus) Moore was born in Washington county, Iowa, September 3, 1872, and passed away at his home in Harlan, Iowa, May 25, 1941, at the age of 69 years.

When Dr. Moore was six years old, his father, Dr. Edwin B. Moore, moved to Harlan, and this was his home from that time on. The late Dr. Moore attended Harlan schools and then entered Creighton University. He left Creighton to teach school for three years, then returned to take his medical course and graduated in 1901. After his graduation, Dr. Moore served as railroad physician for the Union Pacific Railroad for two years, and following that started his practice at Harlan and continued there until he passed away.

Dr. Moore is survived by his widow; one son, Rex; one daughter, Margaret; one brother, former state senator, Dr. Morris Moore, Walnut, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. H. A. Alcorn, Adair, Iowa, and Mrs. Elva Erret, Austin, Minnesota. Another brother, the late Dr. Fred Moore of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away shortly before the death of Dr. Edwin A. Moore. Dr. Fred A. Moore was a man of great ability and nationally known in the medical profession, especially in children’s diseases. Dr. Edwin A. Moore was quite ill at the time of his brother’s death and never fully recovered from that time on.

Dr. Moore was very active in community affairs and held several county offices. He was especially interested in sports of all kinds, and was a member of the Champion Hose Team of the state of Iowa. He was known all over the state for his golfing ability. In 1934 he was elected to the Iowa Legislature and served three terms in the House of Representatives. He was a member of the Public Health Committee while in the House and in this capacity he rendered various services to the medical profession. It was while he was on this committee that, through his ability, he was instrumental in procuring the passage of the Basic Science Law in 1935. By his death the medical profession lost one of its greatest supporters. In the passing of Dr. Edwin A. Moore, Shelby county has lost one of its leading citizens.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fiftieth General Assembly of the State of Iowa in Regular Session, That in the death of Dr. Edwin A. Moore, the people of Shelby county and of the entire state of Iowa have sustained a great loss.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House, and the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

JAY C. COLBURN,

GUS T. KUESTER,

ARCH W. MCFARLANE,

Committee.

Unanimously adopted,