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WAYNE D. KEITH
Wayne Dalton Keith was born on May 24, 1908, in rural Burt to Lynn Wood and Claire Dalton Keith. He passed away on October 5, 2001, at the age of ninety-three. He is survived by his wife Dema of Algona; his children Jane McCullen and husband Jack of Northwood, Edgar Keith and wife Joyce of Algona, Mary Yeoman and husband David of Marion, and Margaret Heald and husband Terry of Marion. Also surviving are twelve grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, and his wife Dema’s family.
Keith graduated from Algona High School in 1929. On September 19, 1929, he married Doris Brown and the couple moved to the Keith family farm in Plum Creek Township.
They farmed there for thirty-three years before moving to Oak Lake in 1962 and to Algona in 1978. They enjoyed spending many winters in the Mercedes, Texas, area. His wife Doris died June 21, 1987, and on May 26, 1989, Keith married Dema Janssen in the Little Brown Church at Nashua.
Keith served on the Burt school board and the Whittemore Drying Plant board. He was recognized as a Master Farmer and a Master Swine Producer, and he received the Region 2 Conservation Award for soil conservation practices.
Keith’s many civic services included being a member of the Rotary Club where he received their Citizen of the Year Award. Keith worked for the Farm Bureau, serving eight years as vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau and five years on the Tri-State Farm Service Board. He was a member of the Livestock Committee of the American Farm Bureau for six years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church at Algona and Prudence Lodge #205 A.F. & A.M.
Wayne Keith was a Kossuth County republican. He served in the Senate for four years, from 1969 to 1972 during the 63rd and 64th General Assemblies. He was a member of the legislative tax study committee in the 1970 interim.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Wayne D. Keith, the State has lost an honored citizen and faithful and useful public servant, and that the Senate by this resolution expresses its appreciation of his service to the State and tenders its sympathy and kindest regards to the members of his family.
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
E. THURMAN GASKILL
JOHN P. KIBBIE
STEWART E. IVERSON, JR.
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