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W. OLIVER TURNER
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late W. Oliver Turner, begs leave to submit the following:
W. Oliver Turner was born on a farm in Adams County, Iowa, July 12, 1885. He was the son of Archie and Mary Oliver Turner. He attended rural school, Lenox high school, Lenox, Iowa, and one year at Tarkio College, Tarkio, Missouri. On October 12, 1911, he was married to Jennette Murchy.
Mr. Turner was a farmer and breeder of Jersey cattle and Hampshire swine. He was a charter member and past president of the Adams County Farm Bureau. He served as secretary and treasurer of Adams County’s first corn sealing board.
Mr. Turner was a member of the Farm Debt Board, was on the Production and Marketing Administration Township Board, and served two terms on the Farm Home Administration Board. In later years, he was a member of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, on the Quincy Township Board and the Adams County Board.
Mr. Turner was a member and elder of both the United Presbyterian Church of Lenox, Iowa, and the Presbyterian Church of Corning, Iowa.
Mr. Turner served in the Iowa Senate during the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fiftieth Extra sessions and as a Representative in the Fifty-fifth General Assembly. He was interested in all things for the betterment of the home, community, state and he was also interested in world affairs.
Mr. Oliver Turner was a conscientious Christian gentleman. He passed away at his home near Corning on September 12, 1958, and is survived by his widow, Jennette, who resides near Corning, Iowa.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly: That in the passing of W. Oliver Turner, the state of Iowa has lost a valuable and honorable citizen and by this resolution tenders its sincere sympathy to the surviving members of the 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.
FRANCIS A. TURNER,
FRANK M. HOXIE,
WILLIAM H. HARBOR,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.