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EDWARD VRBA
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Edward Vrba, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Edward Vrba was born at Cresco, Iowa, October 30, 1907, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Vrba. He attended rural schools of Howard County and graduated from Cresco High School in 1927.
Evelyn L. Brant of Austin, Minnesota, and he were married December 25, 1938. A daughter, Diane Kay, died in infancy. A son, Duane Edward Vrba, survives in Gilbertville, Iowa.
Mr. Vrba farmed much of his life but was employed as a psychiatric aide at the Mental Health Institute in Independence, Iowa, the last eleven years.
He was active in REA work serving as a charter member of the Hawkeye Tri County REA. Mr. Vrba had been a member of the board of directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the BPO Elks Lodge at Decorah and the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association of Protivin.
In 1938 he was elected and in 1942 re-elected as a Democrat to the State Senate serving the counties of Howard and Winneshiek from then until 1946.
Mr. Vrba passed away on March 7, 1968.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Edward Vrba the State of Iowa has lost an honored citizen and a true and dedicated public servant, and by this resolution tenders its sincere sympathy to the members of his family.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to forward an enrolled copy to his widow and son.
ROBERT R. RIGLER, Chairman
FLOYD GILLEY
VERNON H. KYHL
Committee
The resolution was unanimously adopted.