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GEORGE L. THOMPSON
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable George L. Thompson, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
George L. Thompson of Lamont, Iowa, was born November, 1891, on a farm in Buchanan County. He was a graduate of Lamont High School and graduated from Iowa State University at Ames in 1914.
He was head of Dairy Husbandry Department at the University of West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1915.
He served two years in World War I as a Second Lieutenant, Balloon Division, Aviation Section, A.E.F., and was a licensed balloon pilot.
Mr. Thompson was a beef cattle specialist in the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C., in 1919.
He married Iva M. Allen, Castalia, Iowa, in 1924, and they had two sons, John I, and Jay D. He was a charter member of the Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity; a member of Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural fraternity; a charter member and first commander of Loren Foster Post, American Legion, Lamont, Iowa. He was engaged in the automobile business from 1920 to 1923.
He was engaged in farming and also operated a retail meat and grocery business. He was a member of the allotment committee of the Buchanan County Corn-Hog Central Association in 1934, and also a breeder of purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle.
He served as a member of the Forty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Iowa.
Mr. Thompson passed away May 6, 1962.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Iva Allen Thompson of Zephyrhills, Florida; two sons, John of Hampton, Iowa, and Jay of Perry, Florida, three grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Almore Ovel, of Lamont, Iowa.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixtieth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable George L. Thompson 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.
KENNETH L. PARKER,
MAURICE E. BARINGER,
JAMES PATTON,
Committee.