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ERNEST T. SMITH
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Ernest T. Smith, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Ernest T. Smith was born September 12, 1887, in Volga, Iowa. He was a graduate of Volga High School, and graduated from Upper Iowa University, in Fayette, in 1913.
In June, 1916, he was married to Miss Roberta Baskerville of Earlville. They lived in North Dakota for 12 years, where Mr. Smith was a school superintendent for eight years. In 1923 they moved to Iowa, where he operated a general merchandise store in Volga for eight years. In 1932 he moved his family to a farm south of town, where he lived at the time of his death.
Mr Smith was an active worker in the Methodist Church, serving nearly 40 years as church treasurer. He also was a Sunday School teacher and superintendent for several years. He served many years as secretary of the Volga School Board, was a Sperry Township Justice of the Peace, and a charter member of the Iowa State Dairy Industry Commission. He was also a member of the Elkader Masonic Lodge, Farm Bureau, and Director in the Volga State Bank.
In 1944 he was elected to the Iowa Legislature, serving in the Fifty-first and Fifty-second General Assemblies as Representative from Clayton County.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one son, two brothers, one sister and his parents. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George Bright, Oildale, California; two sons, Tom of Perry, Iowa and Dr. John of Arlington, Iowa, and ten grandchildren. Mr. Smith passed away April 17, 1964, at University Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa, following a heart attack.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-first General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Ernest T. Smith, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful servant, and the House by this resolution would express it 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.
DALE L. TIEDEN,
JAMES E. PATTON,
MAURICE E. BARINGER,
Committee.