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HONORABLE EUGENE H. REILLY
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life, character and public services of the Honorable Eugene H. Reilly, of Dubuque, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:
Eugene H. Reilly was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, on December 8, 1906, a son of Thomas E. and Margaret Mahoney Reilly. He died at Dubuque, Iowa, July 28, 1937. Those surviving him were: One sister, Miss Mae C. Reilly, and seven brothers, Tom E., Frank J., and G. Norbert of Chicago; Cletus R. and James L. of Milwaukee; and Robert C. and William R. of Dubuque.
He received his early education in St. Mary’s parochial school and Columbia Academy. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College in 1928. He taught History and English in the St. Ignatius high school, Chicago, Ill., in 1928. In 1929 he entered the DePaul University law school in Chicago, and in 1930 pursued his law studies at the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 1932. He was admitted to the Iowa Bar Association in 1932, and began the practice of law in Dubuque, with George T. Lyon. He later maintained his own law office in Dubuque.
He was a member of the Catholic Church, and also a member of the Dubuque County Bar Association, the Phi Alpha Delta, and was one of the organizers of the Dubuque County Young Democrats Club.
Mr. Reilly served as a representative from Dubuque county in the Forty-sixth, Forty-sixth Extra and Forty-seventh General Assemblies during which time he was an active member, taking part in shaping legislation and policies of his party.
Eugene H. Reilly won and held the respect of everyone who knew him, because of his honesty, efficiency and loyalty to his friends. His death leaves a gap in his community that is not likely to be soon filled. He served his community and state and served them well, and Iowa has lost a valuable citizen.
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That in the passing of the Honorable Eugene H. Reilly, the state has lost a valuable and honored citizen, and the House would tender, by this resolution, its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family in their sorrow, 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 instruced to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
W. G. WOOD,
PHILIP F. ROAN,
MRS. FRANK A. ELLIOTT,
Committee.
Unanimously adopted, April 12, 1939.