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CURTIS W. GREGORY
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Curtis W. Gregory, begs leave to submit the following material:
Curtis W. Gregory was born at Winterset, Iowa, on September 8, 1897, the son of Sherman and Minnie Gregory. He moved to Des Moines in 1904 and graduated from high school in 1916. Mr. Gregory was graduated from Drake University in 1920 with a B.S. degree and in 1924 with the LL.B. degree. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Alpha Delta fraternities and had received the honor of the Order of The Coif.
He married Ethel Bell on June 27, 1948.
Mr. Gregory, a Republican, served two terms in the Iowa General Assembly. He first entered the legislature in 1938 and successfully sought re-election in 1940. Mr. Gregory was the House Republican Leader in 1941. He was appointed an Assistant Attorney General in 1942 and served for three years. Mr. Gregory was a member of the commission on the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure which wrote the original rules and was appointed by Governor Nelson G. Kraschel to represent Iowa on the Council of State Governments for two years.
Curtis W. Gregory started his law practice in Des Moines and after three years he purchased the Miller Law firm in Adel and practiced there for 43 years.
Curtis W. Gregory was a member of the American Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association and Dallas County Bar Association. He was Adel City Attorney from 1930 to 1932 and Dallas County Attorney for two terms. He was a member of the Lions Service Club, American Legion, Masons, Des Moines Consistory, Za-Ga-Zig Shrine, Adel Christian Church, Eastern Star, Elks Lodge, Odd Fellows, Rotary International and was active in Boy Scout work for 20 years. He also was chairman of the Defense Council for Dallas County during World War II.
Mr. Gregory passed away on December 18, 1970. He is survived by his wife, Ethel, a stepson, Millard Bell, of West Des Moines, Iowa, and two step-grandchildren.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-Fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Curtis W. Gregory, 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 the 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.
NORMAN RODGERS
MARION D. SIGLIN
ANDREW VARLEY
Committee