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MAURICE M. NEAL
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Maurice M. Neal, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Born on January 30, 1900, Maurice M. Neal was married on September 3, 1927 to Zedonna Rawson, to which union were born four sons and one daughter.
Maurice Neal attended Iowa State College. He spent fifteen years in the oil business and the balance of time farming. He served as mayor; councilman; on the board of education, both locally and at a county level; was appointed Dexter postmaster and served sixteen years before retiring in 1968; was a veteran of World War II; was an elder in the Presbyterian Church; a fifty year member of the Masonic Lodge; was a member of the Eastern Star and the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine.
A Republican, Mr. Neal represented Dallas County in the Fifty-second General Assembly.
Maurice M. Neal died March 19, 1983. His wife, Zedonna, died two weeks later. Surviving are his sons; Robert of Dexter, Craig of Orient, Richard of West Des Moines, James of Nokesville, Virginia; his daughter, Emily Sulgrove of Dexter; seventeen grandchildren and eight 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 Maurice M. Neal, 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.
JO ANN ZIMMERMAN
BOB SKOW
PHILIP DAVITT
Committee