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E. P. LAUGHLIN
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable E. P. Laughlin, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Mr. Laughlin was born May 10, 1881, on the farm which he later owned and operated. He received his education from the public schools in Imogene and the Christian Brothers College in St. Joseph, Missouri. He taught school in Fremont County from 1900 to 1902. He also raised registered polled shorthorn cattle.
In 1909 he married Theresa O’Brien and to them were born three children.
Mr. Laughlin was elected to represent Fremont County in the Iowa House of Representatives and served in the Forty-second, Forty-second Extra, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth sessions of the General Assembly.
He passed away on January 9, 1962, at the Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Surviving him are two sons, Mathew J., and Lewis E.; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Lucille) Jardon; two sisters, one brother and nineteen grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixtieth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable E. P. Laughlin 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, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.
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.
PAUL E. MCELROY,
WILLIAM SCHERLE,
LEROY MILLER,
Committee.