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JUDSON T. PERKINS
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Judson T. Perkins, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Judson T. Perkins was born in a log cabin in Clifton township, Grant County, Wisconsin, December 4, 1885. He was educated in public schools in Grant County and graduated from high school in Boscobel, Wisconsin. He graduated from Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin in 1911.
He married Delia E. Scheible in Jabalpur, India, March 1, 1913. To this union six children were born, two of whom died in infancy. His wife died in 1941 and he later married Mrs. Sarah M. Barrett Rink.
Reverend Perkins was ordained in 1912 and served as a missionary of the Methodist Church in India for 20 years. In 1931 he returned to Iowa, Des Moines conference of the Methodist Church where he served for 20 years. In retirement, he lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He received a letter of Resolution for his work in India from Prime Minister Indria Gandhi in April, 1966.
Reverend Perkins was recorded in Who’s Who in America in 1942, and in Who’s Who in Methodism, and in Who’s Who in the Midwest.
Reverend Perkins, a Republican, served in the House of Representative in the Fifty-seventh General Assembly.
He passed away on October 21, 1966, and is survived by his widow, two daughters, two sons, ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Judson T. Perkins 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 sympathy to the remaining 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 members of the family of the deceased.
HARRY R. GITTINS,
WILLIAM E. DARRINGTON,
WILLIAM H. HARBOR,
Committee.