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DWIGHT W. MEYER
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Dwight W. Meyer begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
Dwight W. Meyer was born October 18, 1901 near Odebolt. In 1925 he married Helen Rocho and they had two sons and three daughters.
A 1925 graduate of Iowa State College, Mr. Meyer was engaged in farming for thirty years, during which time he sold DeKalb Seed Corn for eleven years. From 1953 to 1961 he held several positions within the U. S. Department of Agriculture, following which he established a business in real estate, insurance and farm management. During his career, Mr. Meyer helped organize the Sac County REC; served as 4-H leader and Iowa 4-H Foundation Trustee; Charter member of the Northwest Iowa Farm Business Association; was a member of the Adelante Fraternity (serving as President and on the Board); was first president of Sac County ISU Club; was on the Board of Directors of Peoples State Bank; held several offices in the Sac County Farm Bureau; was a member of the Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture Honorary Fraternity; was a member of the Rotary Club and the Methodist Church.
A Republican, Mr. Meyer represented Sac County during the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth General Assemblies.
Dwight W. Meyer died February 2, 1992. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen. He is survived by his two sons, Clyde of Ames and James of Odebolt; his three daughters, Mary Jeanne Thompson of Odebolt, Barbara Johnson of Cedar Falls, and Lois Moffitt of Minneapolis, Minnesota; a sister, Verena Northy of Milford, Iowa; and seventeen grandchildren.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Dwight W. Meyer, 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.
RUHL MAULSBY
WAYNE BENNETT
RUSSELL EDDIE
Committee