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HARRY R. GITTINS
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Harry R. Gittins begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
Harry R. Gittins was born August 10, 1910, on a farm near Underwood, Iowa. On October 1, 1940 he married Ramona Peterson, R.N., of Underwood, to which union three sons and two daughters were born.
A graduate of Underwood High School, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska and his masters in Mathematics from UCLA. He was a teacher, coach, principal and school superintendent, and a member of the Lions Club; was in charge of Institutional Affairs for Pottawattamie County for nine years, served as a member of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors and was chosen by Governor Robert Ray to head up the state advisory board for planning and programming; was a member of Kiwanis, Farm Bureau, Board of Directors of the County Mental Health Center, and listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1967 edition.
A Republican, Mr. Gittins represented Pottawattamie County during the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixtieth Extra and Sixty-second General Assemblies.
Harry R. Gittins died July 26, 1986, and is survived by Ramona, his wife of forty-five years; three sons, Robert M. of Council Bluffs, Rodney P. of Council Bluffs, Roger D. of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs. Dr. Garth (Harriet) Warner and Mrs. Dennis (Patricia) Conlon, both of Seattle, Washington; two sisters, Lauretta Tey of Omaha, Nebraska, and Lucille Driver of Council Bluffs; and seven grandchildren.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-Second General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Harry R. Gittins, 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 this 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.
JOAN L. HESTER
EMIL S. PAVICH
J. BRENT SIEGRIST
Committee