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NORMAN NORLAND
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Norman Norland, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
The Honorable Norman Norland was born February 26, 1888, at Dunbar, Iowa, the son of Nels and Rachel Norland. He died September 15, 1952, in his home at Mason City, Iowa, at the age of 64 years.
He attended rural school at Waldorf Lutheran College, graduating in 1911. He later attended St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minnesota, and Iowa State College, graduating in 1916.
He taught in the schools of Blair, Nebraska, and Spirit Lake, Iowa, and served for twelve years as superintendent of schools at Laurens, Iowa.
On January 23, 1918, Mr. Norland was united in marriage to Miss Aletta Brunsvold of Kensett, Iowa. To this union were born five children: Robert of Broadstairs, England; Donald of Rabat, French Morocco; Phillip of Des Moines; Ruth of Northwood, Iowa; and Lowell of Kensett, Iowa.
In 1922, Mr. Norland purchased a farm near Kensett, and had operated it since 1926.
He ran for Representative from Worth County in 1940, and was eliminated in an election contest. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Worth County in 1942, and served in the Fiftieth, Fiftieth Extra, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-second Extra, Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth sessions of the General Assembly. In politics, he was a Democrat. He was always interested in problems concerning education, agriculture and the state’s general welfare.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Norman Norland, the state has lost a valued and honored citizen, and the House would tender 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 upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
W. R. CHRISTIANSEN,
W. H. TATE,
J. HENRY LUCKEN,
Committee.