Senator Herbert Luther Ollenburg View All Years

HERBERT L. OLLENBURG

Herbert L. Ollenburg was born June 26, 1911 on a farm northeast of Garner, Iowa, and was a lifelong resident of that community. He passed away November 26, 1987 at his winter home in Mesa, Arizona at the age of 76 years.

Mr. Ollenburg graduated from Garner High School and from Rutger’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking, 1944. He was president of Hancock County National Bank for 33 years, serving in that capacity from 1944 until 1977 when he stepped down. He had been chairman of the board for the last ten years.

On July 2, 1933, he married Ruth M. Boehnke. They were the parents of twins; a daughter, Sylvia Swale and a son Spencer.

Senator Ollenburg served as an Iowa Senator from 1969 to 1972 in the 63rd and 64th General Assemblies.

Mr. Ollenburg was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. He served on the Garner-Hayfield School Board for twelve years. He was secretary and chairman of Group III of the Iowa Banker’s Association in 1963 and served on the American Banker’s Association Executive Council. He was one of the founders of Concord Manor Care Center and was a fund raiser for Prairie View Apartments and the Garner Golf and Country Club.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE

SEVENTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Herbert L. Ollenburg, 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.

RAY TAYLOR, Chair

BERL PRIEBE

MERLIN BARTZ

Committee