Representative Keith L. Vetter View All Years

KEITH L. VETTER

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Keith L. Vetter begs to submit the following Memorial:

Mr. Vetter was born on June 17, 1918 in Muscatine, Iowa. He was the son of Ernest L. and Mary E. Kennedy Vetter. He married Marla Gettert in 1941. He graduated from Nichols (Iowa) High School. He owned and operated Culligan water conditioning companies in several cities. He served active duty for the Civil Air Patrol of Pascagoula, Mississippi. He served on the Republican Central Committee, as a congressional committeeman and finance chairman. He was a member of Iowans for Tax Relief, past president of WEDG, a former member of the Chamber of Commerce, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis Club and Masonic Lodge, board of trustees for Iowa Wesleyan College, Hawkeye Bank Board of Directors, Ambassadors Club, director and past president of YMCA, past president of Iowa & National Water Quality Conditioning Association International and a member of the Dealer Advisory Council. In 1956, he was selected as outstanding man of the year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Vetter was a member of United Methodist Church and United Methodist Men. He was a lay leader and Sunday school superintendent and served on the mission committee, traveling to Africa in 1959 and Alaska in 1964.

Mr. Vetter, a republican, served two terms in the House of Representatives from 1963-1964 and 1967-1968.

Mr. Vetter passed away November 14, 2001. He is survived by his wife, Marla; two daughters, Joy M. Kracaw of LeClaire and Judy V. McCarthy of Washington; one sister, Venita Harned of West Liberty; one brother, Virgil Vetter of Washington; two stepsisters, Bernie Mueller of Redding, California and Dorothy Mills of Nichols; two stepbrothers, Paul Lowe of Springfield, Missouri and Bob Lowe of Letts; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved By The House Of Representatives Of The Seventy-Ninth General Assembly Of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Keith L. Vetter, 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.

BETTY DE BOEF

REBECCA REYNOLDS

DAVID HEATON

Committee