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JOHN E. CAMP
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable John E. Camp begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
John E. Camp was born March 5, 1915 in Elvira, Iowa. On March 5, 1938 he married Dorothy Mowat and they had one son.
Mr. Camp served eight years on the Clinton County Board of Supervisors, three as chairman; was county Red Cross chairman; crop chairman; Iowa Farm Bureau; Exalted Ruler of the Elks; director of the Clinton National Bank; Miles Masonic Lodge and 32nd Degree Mason; member of the Kaaba Shrine; member of the Goose Lake Lions Club; and held many committee memberships of the American Lutheran Church from the local to national level.
A Republican, Mr. Camp represented Clinton County during the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixtieth Extra, Sixty-second, Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth General Assemblies.
John E. Camp died May 4, 1988. His survivors include his wife, Dorothy; his son, James W. Camp of Bryant; a brother, Maurice “Butch” Camp of Clinton; his sister, Margaret Garvey of Phoenix, Arizona; and two grandchildren.
Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable John E. Camp, 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.
VIC STUELAND
ARTHUR OLLIE
HUGO SCHNEKLOTH
Committee