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Memorial to the Honorable Otto Fuelling of Clayton County
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Otto Fuelling, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Otto Fuelling was born March 20, 1889, in Farmersburg, Iowa. He graduated from high school there and attended a business college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for two years. On May 12, 1910, he was married to Genevieve Brown and in the same year went into the lumber business with his father. Otto Fuelling was a member of the German Lutheran Church, belonged to the Masons, the Shrine and the Consistory. He was also a good musician. He helped organize the Farmersburg band, which organization became one of renown in northeastern Iowa.
Otto was also recognized as a talented baseball player and played with different teams for many years in northeastern Iowa. At one time he was offered a player’s contract with the Chicago White Sox.
Otto Fuelling served as mayor of Farmersburg, Iowa, for many years. He was very active in his precinct with the Democratic party and in 1932 he ran for State Representative. He served in the Forty-fifth, Forty-fifth Extra, Forty-sixth, Forty-sixth Extra and Forty-seventh sessions of the General Assembly. He was very interested in his work and had he not been so closely associated with his lumber yards he might have gone a long way in politics.
His passing on August 28, 1947, was a shock and a great loss to Clayton county. He is survived by his wife and one son, Kenneth, and one daughter, Winifred.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Otto Fuelling, the state of Iowa and Clayton county mourns the loss of one of its honored citizens.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be printed in the Journal and that the Chief Clerk be directed to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
EDWARD A. BURLINGAME, JR.,
W. J. JOHANNES,
DEWEY E. GOODE,
Committee.