Representative Delmont Theodore Moffitt View All Years

DELMONT T. MOFFITT

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Delmont T. Moffitt begs to submit the following Memorial:

Delmont T. Moffitt was born on Dec 21, 1911, in Woodstock, Minnesota, the son of Forest and Bertha (Boyer) Moffitt. He married Josephine Scott in 1937.

He graduated from Ruthton Community Schools in Ruthton, Minnesota. He later attended Centerville Community College in Centerville. He began farming near Darby, moving in 1939 to a farm northwest of Mystic where he and his wife lived for 61 years. He was an active dairyman and beef producer for many years. He was a charter member of the Appanoose County Beef Producers Association, a member and officer of Appanoose County Farm Bureau and served on advisory boards for St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, MFA and REC. He was politically active beginning with being a Walnut Township trustee and school board member. He was instrumental in securing the Rathbun Fish Hatchery, was a member of the State Extension Council and the Rathbun Lake Association. He was active in the Appanoose County Republican Central Committee for many years and was inducted into the Appanoose County Republican Hall of Fame in 1995. He was a member of the North Bend Christian Church for 30 years and for the last 31 years of Drake Avenue Christian Church in Centerville. He sang with the Coal Minor Chordsmen barbershop group when it was active.

A Republican, Mr. Moffitt was a member of the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixtieth Extra, Sixty-second, and Sixty-fourth General Assemblies.

Delmont T. Moffitt died June 30, 2001 at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife, Josephine, three daughters, Nancy King (Bob) of Missouri Valley, Judith Guinn of Des Moines, (Michael) of Newton and Mary Sue Zaputil (Tom) of Mystic; two sisters, Irene Bear of Plano and Florice Knopf of Fox Island, Washington; a brother, Frank Moffitt of Oklahoma; seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Eightieth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Delmont T. Moffitt, 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.

KURT SWAIM

RICHARD ARNOLD

MIKE REASONER

Committee