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LLOYD H. WOODS
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Lloyd H. Woods, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Lloyd H. Woods was born on a farm in Madison Township, Clarke County, Iowa, on July 17, 1884, and passed away at Osceola, Iowa. on October 13, 1956.
He was a son of Charles and Clara Woods.
He was educated In the Clarke County public schools and afterwards taught in the rural schools of Clarke County for three years; then engaged in farming near Murray, Iowa.
He was married in 1905 to Ethel Franks. To this union three sons were born. On November 11, 1914, he was married to Grace Pearl Gilbert. To this union three sons and one daughter were born.
Mr. Woods was a member of the House of Representatives in the Forty-seventh General Assembly.
He was a member of the Union Methodist Church; also a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 487 of Murray for fifty years.
Mr. Woods retired from the farm and spent the last few years of his life in Murray, Iowa.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, one daughter, and one brother.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-seventh General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Lloyd H. Woods, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful, useful public servant, and the House, by this resolution, would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the widow and 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 .
STANLEY WATTS,
FRANKLIN S. MAIN,
RALPH KEHO,
Committee.