Representative Kenneth Lawrence Parker View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 11/10/1992

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 63 (1969)

House: 59 (1961) - 60 (1963)

Home County: Buchanan

Kenneth Lawrence Parker

Buchanan County

Lamont Buchanan County Republican. Born April 10, 1904, on a farm in Fayette County. Attended rural schools and graduated from Maynard High School in 1922. Owns and operates a 480 acre farm in Madison township, Buchanan County with son. Member of school board 15 years and president of school board seven years. Former member of Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative and state extension planning commission. Member of Farm Bureau, served as county president and state and national voting delegate. Assisted in various community drives and activities. Member of N. E. Iowa Farm Business Association for 26 years. Member of the Methodist Church. Married Ruth E. Adams, Madrid, Iowa, May 31, 1930. Father of two sons: Robert, farming at home and LaVerne, deceased in 1957. Four grandchildren: Robert, Jody, Mark and Susan. Serving first term.

House District 67