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NATHAN F. SORG
Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Nathan F. Sorg begs leave to submit the following Memorial:
Nathan F. Sorg was born December 25, 1909. In 1934 he married Nellie M. Lyman, to which union two daughters were born.
Mr. Sorg attended Hawkeye Public Schools and after graduation went to the University of Northern Iowa to receive his B.A. He then went on to receive his B.S. and M.S. from the State University of Iowa. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge; A.F. and A.M. No. 6 of Marion; B.P.O. Elks No. 251; Cedar Rapids Consistory; the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association; was a trustee of the Marion Water Department for 13 years; and was on the Board of Directors of the Farmers State Bank for 31 years. He and his wife Nellie owned Sorg Pharmacy in Marion, Iowa until his retirement in 1975.
A Republican, Mr. Sorg represented Linn County during the Sixty-second, Sixty- third and Sixty-fourth General Assemblies.
Nathan F. Sorg died May 11, 1985. He is survived by his wife, Nellie Sorg, Des Moines; his daughters; Barbara Lyford, of Des Moines, and Ruth Bernstein, of Marion; and five 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 Nathan F. Sorg, 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.
RON J. CORBETT
MARY A. LUNDBY
RICHARD V. RUNNING
Committee