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LEO I. SANDERS

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Leo I. Sanders, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Leo I. Sanders was born in Osceola, Iowa March 16, 1894, son of Luther T. and Adella Sanders. The family moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1897. He attended the Des Moines schools, and was graduated from West High School.

Mr. Sanders was married to Sarah Davis on August 4, 1916 in Newton, Iowa, and to this union were born three sons and one daughter.

Mr. Sanders was engaged in the wholesale ice cream business most of his adult life. He was the Mayor of Estherville from 1956 to 1962, and was associated with the Estherville Daily News. He was a member of the Republican Party, and was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives and served as Representative from Emmet and Palo Alto Counties in the Sixty-second and Sixty-third sessions. He was the Past Exalted Ruler of the Elks Club, past Board Member and Vice-President of the League of Iowa Municipalities, past member of the Board of Estherville Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of Estherville Christian Church, and was a past member of the Church Board, and of the Church Property Committee.

Mr. Sanders passed away March 5, 1971. He is survived by his wife, Sarah of Estherville, Iowa; three sons, Robert Sanders, Cincinnati, Ohio; Jack Sanders, Iowa City; and William Sanders, Des Moines, Iowa; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Patty) Thompson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; seventeen grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one brother, Ralph Sanders, Estherville, Iowa; and one sister, Mrs. Blanche Davis, Des Moines, Iowa.

Therefore, Be It Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the Sixty- fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Leo I. Sanders, the state has lost an honorable citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.

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.

ROLLIN C. EDELEN

JAMES E. WIRTZ

BERL E. PRIEBE

Committee