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CARROLL L. PRICE
Carroll L. Price was born December 6, 1910, in Marion County, the son of Matthew and Gertie Coe Price. He passed away February 17, 1987, at the age of 77.
Mr. Price graduated from Knoxville High School. On August 30, 1930, he married Mildred Betterton. They were the parents of Joan (Mrs. Larry Shaffer), and Janet (Mrs. Larry Nash), and had six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Price became owner of Hawkeye Farm Equipment Company of Knoxville in 1940. He was a former member of the Knoxville Community School Board, had served on the Marion County Fair Board, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Oriental Lodge No. 61 A.F. & A.M., and the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine Club of Des Moines.
Senator Price was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1957 and served for five years in the 58th and 59th General Assemblies. During his second term he was appointed to Social Service and in 1961 to the Board of Control, a capacity in which he served until 1978.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-second General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Carroll L. Price, 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 his community, state and nation and tenders its sympathy and kindest regards to 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.
WILLIAM W. DIELEMAN, Chair
JOHN A. PETERSON
FORREST V. SCHWENGELS
Committee