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CLINTON L. FLETCHER
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Clinton L. Fletcher, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Clinton L. Fletcher was born May 23, 1887 at Ocheyedan, Iowa, and passed away January 11, 1966. He was married to Sarah Belle Morton on June 6, 1917. She preceded him in death in April, 1964.
Mr. Fletcher was owner and former operator of farms in the Ocheyedan area.
In February 1965, Mr. Fletcher was awarded a Fifty-year membership in Silver Cord Lodge AF & AM, having served many years as treasurer. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masons of Sibley; member of the Methodist Church and the Wood-Miller Post of the American Legion of Ocheyedan. He was a member of the county board of review from 1949 to 1963, serving as chairman and vice-chairman.
Mr. Fletcher was first elected to the legislature in 1933 to fill a vacancy, and served in the Forty-fifth Extra session. He was again elected as a Representative of Osceola County and served during the Fifty-first and Fifty-second General Assemblies.
Mr. Fletcher is survived by a brother, Lyle, in California, and a sister, Mrs. Leonard Gardner of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Clinton L. Fletcher 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.
IRVIN BERGMAN,
LESTER FREEMAN,
ELMER DEN HERDER,
Committee.