Representative Fred W. Hall View All Years

FRED W. HALL

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Fred W. Hall, begs leave to submit the following Memorial:

Fred W. Hall was born November 13, 1898, in Boxholm, Boone County, Iowa. In 1925, he married Violet Reedholm. They had two daughters. His wife Violet preceded him in death in 1966. In 1968, Fred married Esther Christensen, who had one son and one daughter.

Mr. Hall was educated in the Boxholm Public School system and Des Moines Business College.

Mr. Hall owned and operated a hardware store in Humboldt. He was in the insurance business in Humboldt for twenty years, retiring at age 90.

He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, the Masonic Fraternity, Shrine, the Humboldt Rotary Club, Izaak Walton League, Pioneer Lawmakers, the Danish Brotherhood and was active in the Gideon Bible Placement Society. He also served as Acting Postmaster for three and one-half years and on the board of Trustees of I.C.A.P.

A Democrat, Mr. Hall represented Humboldt County during the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth General Assemblies.

Fred W. Hall died January 29, 1994. He is survived by his wife, Esther, two daughters, Tressa Strahorn of Tempe, Arizona and Betty Tinken of Gilmore City; a step­daughter, Wanda Dorsey of Callender; a step-son Dale Christensen also of Callender; two sisters, Elin McFarland of Ogden and Mae Wenger of Clarion; eight grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren, one step-great-grandchild and six great-great-grandchildren.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Fred W. Hall, 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 the 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.

DOLORES MERTZ

RUSSELL EDDIE

CLIFFORD BRANSTAD

Committee