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Memorial to the Honorable Alexander H. Bonnstetter of Palo Alto County
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Alexander H. Bonnstetter, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Alexander H. Bonnstetter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bonnstetter, was born November 20, 1892, at West Bend. His early education was received in the Kossuth county schools, later attending Highland Park College and Valparaiso University. He taught for three years in the Kossuth county schools before he engaged in farming, which he made his life work.
Mr. Bonnstetter was united in marriage to Charlotte L. Anderegg on August 19, 1919, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and to this union one son, Dr. Rex Bonnstetter, was born, who survives him. He is also survived by his wife, Charlotte, granddaughter Ann, and the following brothers and sisters: Antoinette of Algona; Herman of West Bend; Mrs. Edmund Anderegg of Britt; Otto of Brewster, Minnesota; Dr. F. A. Bonnstetter of Garner; Dr. H. F. Bonnstetter of Kennedy, Texas; and Mrs. L. S. Bohannon of Algona. In community life he served on the school board, creamery board, warehouse board, secretary of Farmers Institute and as such promoted 4-H Club work, served as official of AAA, served on the state land tenancy committee, was commodity loan inspector, served as director and president of the Greater West Bend Club, and served as Representative from Kossuth county in the Iowa legislature.
Mr. Bonnstetter served in the Iowa legislature during the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-fifth Extra, Forty-sixth, and Forty-sixth Extra Sessions.
He passed away at his home in West Bend on June 12, 1948, and interment was made in the West Bend cemetery.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Alexander H. Bonnstetter, the state has lost a valued and honored citizen, and the House tenders, by this resolution, its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family in their sorrows; and
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be instructed to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
CASEY LOSS,
A. H. AVERY,
WILLIAM FANDEL,
Committee.