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ORVAL C. WALTER
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Orval C. Walter, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Orval C. Walter was born on a farm at Lenox, Iowa, August 20, 1903, the son of Belle and John W. Walter. He graduated from Lenox Independent High School in 1921 and attended Iowa State University at Ames in 1921 to 1925. In 1926, he married Dorothy I. Wynn at Winterset, Iowa. They had one son, Richard of Lenox, Iowa and a daughter Mary Joan Hall of Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. Walter was a retired farmer and implement dealer. He served two terms on Lenox school board and two terms on Lenox City Council. He was a member of the Christian Church at Lenox; a Master Mason and member of Easter Star, Za-Ga-Zig Shrine, Des Moines and Rotary International.
He was a State Senator representing Adams and Taylor Counties in 1961-1963 and in the 1964 Special Session was the assistant Law Clerk of the Senate in 1965, a member of the Democratic party.
Senator Walter died at the Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa, August 14, 1979, at the age of 75. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, Janury 3, 1976; his parents, and 2 sisters, Bernice Mills and Glena McClintock.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Orval C. Walter, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the Senate by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service to his community, state and nation 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 Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
JAMES E. BRILES, Chairperson
DICK RAMSEY
NORMAN RODGERS