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EDWARD A. WEARIN
Edward A. Wearin was born April 16, 1918, in Malvern and passed away on October 2, 1994, at the age of 76. His parents were Josiah F. and Ethel Anderson Wearin. He married Helen Cochran in Puerto Rico on November 20, 1943. They were parents to four children; Elizabeth Wearin-Salmon of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sarah Smith of Red Oak; Catherine Saraduke of Aurora, Colorado; and Andy of Hyannis, Nebraska, and grandparents to five grandchildren. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Mr. Wearin graduated from Malvern High School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Stanford University and Harvard Business School. He was actively engaged in farming near Red Oak and managed the Wearin Cattle Company near Hyannis, Nebraska, earning various awards for his conservation practices on the Iowa farm and Nebrask ranch. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, WW II, and served as a trustee of Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and the Chicago Theological Seminary. He was a member of First Congregational Church in Red Oak and held numerous local, state and national positions in the United Church of Christ. He was Montgomery County Historical Society treasurer and was a member of Red Oak Elks Lodge #1304.
Senator Wearin was elected to the Senate in 1960 and served in the 59th and 60th General Assemblies. He was a member of the Iowa Development Commission 1961 to 1963.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Edward A. Wearin, the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and that the Senate by this Resolution, expresses its appreciation of his service to the State and tenders its sympathy and kindest regards 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.
DERRYL MCLAREN, Chair
LEONARD L. BOSWELL
MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
Committee