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ALDEN J. ERSKINE
Alden J. Erskine was born May 2, 1901, near Ticonic in Monona County. He passed away January 13,1991, at the age of 89 years.
Mr. Erskine attended public school in Antelope and Holt counties, Nebraska and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He married Sarah Anne Pippett on August 17,1932, in Sioux City, Iowa.
Mr. Erskine owned and operated an auto parts and service business at Cecelia Park in Morningside from 1928 until his retirement in 1980. He took part in many conservation projects at the local, state, and national level, including the development of the Little Sioux Watershed Project, the first of its kind in the United States. He was one of the founders of the Floyd Valley Watershed Association.
Mr. Erskine served three terms as president of the Woodbury County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. He served as president of the Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League and was active in the establishment of the Roadside Park System in the State and County Conservation program. He was appointed to the first Woodbury County Board. He served for a number of years on the Governors Committee on Outdoor Resources and the state and local committees on the Lewis and Clark Trail. He received many awards for his work at the national level and the 1950 Outdoorsman of the Year award from the Exchange Club of Sioux City.
Senator Erskine was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1966 and served in the 62nd and 63rd General Assemblies, where he chaired the Conservation and Recreation Committee.
Mr. Erskine was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. He served on various church committees, including as chair of the board of trustees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Alden J. Erskine, 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.
AL STURGEON, Chair
DONALD V. DOYLE
WILMER RENSINK
Committee