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ANDREW J. NIELSEN
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Andrew J. Nielsen begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
Andrew J. Nielsen was born January 6, 1889, in Omaha, Nebraska. He married Emma Batchellor Nielsen, to which union one son and one daughter were born.
Having moved to Iowa when he was a child, Andrew J. Nielsen attended Creighton and Omaha Universities; served in the Army during World War I; was a Methodist Minister, a member of the Iowa Bar, a member of the Offutt Chapter of the Retired Officers Association, the American Legion, the 40 & 8, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. After being divorced from his wife, Emma, Mr. Nielsen married Catherine Peet in 1940. Andrew J. Nielsen served as acting City and County Attorney, and was an elected Municipal Court Judge.
A Republican, Mr. Nielsen represented Pottawattamie County during the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fiftieth Extra, Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-second Extra General Assemblies.
Andrew Nielsen died July 13, 1986. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Peet Nielsen of Council Bluffs; his son, Paul of Los Angeles, California; and his daughter, Bertha Thompson of Simi Valley, California. Mr. Nielsen was preceded in death by his first wife, Emma, in 1962.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-second General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Andrew J. Nielsen, 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.
EMIL S. PAVICH
WILLIAM H. HARBOR
J. BRENT SIEGRIST
Committee