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GORDON SMITH
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Gordon Smith, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Gordon Smith was born in Clarence, Iowa in Cedar County on July 27, 1903. He was the son of Charles and Sarah (Anderson) Smith. He graduated from Clarence High School in 1920 and from Iowa State Teachers College in 1924. He later did post-graduate work at Drake University.
Mr. Smith married Alsa Bowers in Waterloo on June 16, 1926. To this union were born two sons.
Mr. Smith served as minister for several churches in eastern Iowa after his marriage. He maintained an office in Clarence where he was active in the preparation of income tax returns at the time of his death.
Mr. Smith was a life-long member of the Christian Church and also held membership in the Mount Hope Masonic Lodge at Clarence, and the Manitou Odd Fellows Lodge at Tipton. He was a charter member of the Cedar County Historical Society as well as a board member, and a life member of the State Historical Society. He was a writer for the Historical Society and for various church magazines.
Mr. Smith, as a member of the Republican Party, served in the House of Representatives during the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth sessions of the General Assembly from Cedar County. He also served as mayor of Clarence, Iowa in 1945 and as Cedar County Coroner from August 26, 1946 to December 31, 1952.
Mr. Smith passed away on February 9, 1973. Surviving are his wife Alsa in Clarence, Iowa, and two sons, Barton, of Casper, Wyoming, and Forrest of Oakland, California, and three grandsons.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Gordon Smith, 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.
SCOTT D. NEWHARD
EDGAR H. HOLDEN
JOHN E. PATCHETT
Committee