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FRED J. RITCHIE
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Fred J. Ritchie, begs leave to submit the following:
Fred J. Ritchie was born February 12, 1879, son of John F. and Mary C. (Hoblit) Ritchie, and came to Cherokee county with his parents in 1882 where he subsequently resided. He died July 15, 1957, at the age of seventy-eight.
Mr. Ritchie was educated in the public schools of Cherokee county, attended Buena Vista College and took a course in business training at Sioux City, Iowa. He was a farmer, held various township offices, was a member of the school board in Marcus for twelve years, and was a Mason.
Mr. Ritchie married Mary Layton of Cherokee, Iowa, February 11, 1905. He was the father of one daughter, Lois D., and one son, Kenneth L.
Mr. Ritchie served three terms in the House of Representatives from 1939 through 1943 and was a State Senator from 1945 to 1949.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly: That in the passing of Fred J. Ritchie, the state of Iowa has lost a valuable and honorable citizen and by this resolution tenders its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread on the Journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to each member of the family of the deceased.
LAURENCE M. BOOTHBY,
GEORGE L. SCOTT,
X. T. PRENTIS,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.