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OLIVER N. BAKER
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Oliver N. Baker, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Oliver N. Baker was born September 4, 1894, in Keokuk County, near Harper. He was the son of Joseph H. and Mary Hammen Baker. He attended local public schools and Trinity Business College at Sioux City.
He married Sara E. Deegan, Riceville, Iowa, June 4, 1918. To this union were born four children.
Mr. Baker served as deputy county treasurer of Calhoun County, 1915-1918. He began farming in 1919; was elected township assessor in 1920 and served in that capacity for 22 years. He was elected chairman of the Calhoun County Agricultural Adjustment Administration in 1933 and headed that program for ten years. He took an active part in various war-time programs, including the chairmanship of the county U. S. D. A. War Board, Rationing Board, Bond and Red Cross drives. Mr. Baker was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Pomeroy and active in church work and farm and community circles. He was a member of the Farm Bureau and past director.
Mr. Baker, a Republican, served in the Iowa House of Representatives in the Fifty-first and Fifty-second sessions of the General Assembly as the representative of Calhoun County. He passed away September 4, 1966.
Surviving Mr. Baker are his widow, Sara; two daughters, Mrs. Rex Harrington of Ironwood, Michigan, and Mrs. Richard Rystedt of Tacoma, Washington; two sons, Gene Baker of State Center, Iowa, and Jack Baker of Davenport. He is also survived by three sisters and three brothers, 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Oliver N. Baker, 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.
WILLIAM P. WINKELMAN,
J. WESLEY GRAHAM,
HAROLD L. KNIGHT,
Committee.