Representative Dean Orville Corey View All Years

DEAN O. COREY

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Dean O. Corey begs leave to submit the following Memorial:

Dean O. Corey was born August 6, 1921, in Louisa County. On February 1, 1942 he married Eva Mae Butcher and they had two sons.

Dean Corey was a graduate of Morning Sun High School, attended Burlington Junior College, UCLA and Stanford University. An Army veteran of World War II, he served a year in India. In his earlier years, he taught electronics in Des Moines. Mr. Corey was a former Mayor of Morning Sun; a former Louisa County Supervisor; a member of the United Methodist Church in Morning Sun; a member of the Morning Sun Lions Club and American Legion. He and his wife founded and were administrators of the Morning Sun Manor, retiring in 1981.

A Republican, Mr. Corey represented Louisa County during the Sixty-third General Assembly.

Dean O. Corey died April 16, 1991. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eva. He is survived by his two sons; Mike of Omaha, Nebraska and Bruce of Morning Sun; two sisters, Eleanor Jones of Wapello and Eloise Phillips of Centerville; and two granddaughters.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Dean O. Corey, 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.

MARK SHEARER

GREG SPENNER

DAN PETERSEN

Committee