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CLIFFORD M. STRAWMAN
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Clifford M. Strawman, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Clifford M. Strawman was born in Jones County on June 3, 1889, and passed away on July 30, 1967, at Anamosa, Iowa.
He was a graduate of Anamosa High School, Cornell College and Columbia University Law School and was admitted to the bar in Montana and Iowa.
He married Blanche Mason of Valley City, North Dakota, in 1918 and to this union two children were born.
Mr. Strawman was a Republican Representative from Jones County, having served from the Fifty-first through the Fifty-fifth General Assemblies. He was considered a strong supporter of the administration of Governor William S. Beardsley and of the medical research, particularly in the area of mental health. He also served as a former member of the Board of Regents.
At successive periods he was manager of Montana Wheat Growers Association, attorney for Illinois Agricultural Association, National Livestock Credit Corporation and Penn Mutual Life in Mexico. Farm owner and operator. He was a Mason and a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Blanche, two daughters, Miss Mary Jean Strawman, Woodward, Iowa, and Mrs. L. D. Amick, Iowa City, Iowa.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-third General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Clifford M. Strawman, 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 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 family of the deceased.
ROY A. MILLER
NATHAN F. SORG
LYNN BATTLES, SR.
Committee