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GEORGE L. PARKER
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee appointed to prepare a suitable memorial commemorating the life and public service of the late Honorable George L. Parker, begs leave to submit the following report:
George L. Parker of Independence, Iowa, died January 31, 1952, at the age of 72 in a Chicago hospital where he had been for medical treatment.
Mr. Parker was born on July 31, 1879, and was educated in the Independence Public School and Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
On August 30, 1901, he married Maude Lincoln, who preceded him in death.
Mr. Parker is survived by two sons and one daughter, Tom L. Parker of San Diego, California; George L. Parker, Jr., Victorville, California, and Mrs. Tam Holland, Independence, Iowa.
Mr. Parker was a druggist in Independence for more than 36 years, was a Mason, and had also been postmaster of Independence.
In 1934 he was elected to the Iowa Senate representing Buchanan and Delaware counties, and he served in the Forty-sixth, Forty-sixth Extra and Forty-seventh General Assemblies.
The remains of George L. Parker are buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Independence, Iowa.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable George L. Parker, the state has lost an able and honored citizen and the Senate tenders, by this resolution, its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of his family in their sorrow.
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 the members of the family of the deceased.
JOHN P. BERG,
H. C. WEICHMAN,
DON RISK,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.