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DEWEY B. PHELPS, SR.
Dewey B. Phelps, Sr. was born May 15, 1898 in Wapello County at Farson, Iowa, the son of Thom as and Nellie Tade Phelps. He passed away December 28, 1988 in Freeport, llinois.
Mr. Phelps graduated from Pella High School and graduated from a two year course in Agriculture at Iowa State University. He married Nina Conrad on March 21, 1925 in Salem and she preceded him in death on September 27, 1987. They were the parents of a daughter, Carrel McLeland of Freeport, Illinois, and a son, Dewey Blake, Jr., of Fairfield, Iowa, and have eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Senator Phelps was elected to the Iowa Senate in November 1960 and served for four years in the 59th & 60th General Assemblies.
Mr. Phelps was a grain and livestock farmer. He served as president of the local and township school board, president of the Van Buren County Farm Bureau and was a director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. He served as director of the Hillsboro Savings Bank and the Mt. Pleasant P.C.A.. He was a member of the Iowa State University Extension advisory committee, state and county historical societies, and Tenco Agricultural Development Committee. He was a member and deacon of the Baptist Church, a member of the Iowa Baptist Convention, the Masonic Lodge, Zerapath Consistory, O.E.S., and Izaak Walton.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Dewey B. Phelps, Sr., the State has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and that the Senate, by this resolution, expressed 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 that the Secretary of the Senate by instructed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
EUGENE FRAISE, Chair
H. KAY HEDGE
MARK R. HAGERLA
Committee