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PEARLE P. DEHART
Pearle P. DeHart was born January 22, 1898, on a farm near Lake City Iowa. He passed away December 11, 1989, at the age of 91.
Mr. DeHart attended Calhoun County public schools. He married Bernice Woodward in 1922. They were the parents of a son, Robert, of Ames, and have two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Senator DeHart was elected to the Iowa Senate in November, 1967, and served for four years in the 62nd and 63rd General Assemblies.
Mr. DeHart founded DeHart’s Tax Service and Real Estate in 1944. He served on the city council of Ames from October, 1951, until January, 1958. Mr. DeHart was the mayor of Ames from 1958 to 1965. He was President of the Iowa League of Municipalities and a charter member and President of Ames Elks Lodge. He was also a former member of the National Association of Board of Realtors, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the American Municipal Association, the Iowa Taxpayers Association, and the Governor’s Commission on State and Local Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Pearle D. DeHart, the State has lost an honored citizen and a 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 FURTHER 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.
CHARLES BRUNER, Chair
JACK NYSTROM
WILLIAM PALMER
Committee