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Theodore C. Hutchison

Kossuth County

THEODORE C. HUTCHISON

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Theodore C. Hutchison, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Theodore C. Hutchison was born May 28, 1905, at Algona, Iowa, the youngest son of A. Hutchison and Edith (Call) Hutchison, and he passed away on June 13, 1963, at Algona.

Mr. Hutchison attended local schools, graduated from Algona High School and the University of Iowa law school. He was engaged in the practice of law in Algona since 1933.

He married Helen Murtagh and to this union three children were born.

Mr. Hutchison was a member of the Methodist Church in Algona, the county, state and national Bar Associations, and a former member of the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees. He was also a member of Phi Delta Theta, social fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity.

Mr. Hutchison, a Republican, served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth session as a representative of Kossuth County.

Surviving Mr. Hutchison are his widow; two sons, Tom Hutchison and Ted Hutchison, both of Des Moines, Iowa; one daughter, Sue (Mrs. John) Carroll, of San Jose, California; a brother, Donald Hutchison, of Algona, with whom he practiced law; two sisters, Dorothy Hutchison, of Evanston, Illinois, and Isabel (Mrs. Quincy) Drummond, of Bowing Rock, North Carolina.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-first General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Theodore C. Hutchison 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 remaining members of his 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 members of the family of the deceased.

NIELS J. NIELSEN,

CASEY LOSS,

LAMAR FOSTER, SR.,

Committee.

House District 85