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GEORGE L. BROWN
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable George L. Brown, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
George L. Brown, son of Owen and Etta Brown, was born May 30, 1897, at Shenandoah, in Page County, Iowa, and died at Onawa, Iowa, October 7, 1959, at the age of 62 years.
He was educated in the public schools of Shenandoah and was graduated from the Des Moines College of Pharmacy.
He married Annis Falk December 30, 1924. To this union one son and one daughter were born.
Mr. Brown served in the U. S. Navy during World War I. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Onawa and a member of its board of trustees. He was past master of Vesper Lodge 223, A.F. and A.M., past commander of the David McNeil Post of the American Legion, past president of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association; was first president of the Kiwanis Club of Onawa and had a perfect attendance record for a period of 18 years; was a member of the Queen Esther Chapter, O.E.S.; Sioux City Consistory 5, Abu-Beder Shrine, Sioux City, Iowa. He served three years on the Iowa Board of Pharmacy and was director of the Onawa State Bank.
Mr. Brown, a Republican, served in the Iowa House of Representatives in 1947 and 1948, as a representative of Monona County.
Surviving Mr. Brown are his widow; one son, George O. Brown of Onawa; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Thomson of Elk Grove Village, Illinois; five grandchildren and three sisters.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixtieth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable George L. Brown, 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.
ELROY MAULE,
WILLIAM E. DARRINGTON,
LEONARD C. ANDERSEN,
Committee.