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HENRY W. SIEFKAS
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Henry W. Siefkas, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Henry William Siefkas was born August 27, 1897. He attended schools in Clarke County and on May 18, 1922, married Eula Kelley, to which union were born three children.
Henry Siefkas was engaged in farming for over forty years, retiring in 1965. He served as Township Assessor Trustee, was a member of the school board: the Odd Fellows; the Clarke County Board of Education; Rural Electrification Association Board and the Lacelle Methodist Church.
A Republican, Mr. Siefkas represented Clarke County in the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third General Assemblies.
Henry William Siefkas died February 26, 1981. He is survived by two daughters, Enid Kendall of Osceola, Iowa; Marcia Craig of Aurora, Illinois; a sister, Nellie Moffitt, of Murray, Iowa; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventieth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Henry William Siefkas, 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.
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.
RANDY HUGHES
JAMES COOPER
PHILIP DAVITT
Committee