Senator Clifford Earl Burroughs View All Years

CLIFFORD E. BURROUGHS

Clifford E. Burroughs was born on January 28, 1917, in rural Clarksville, Iowa, to Alfred and Effie Mae Burroughs. He passed away on June 11, 1999, at the age of eighty-two. He is survived by his wife, Mary; his two daughters, Vicki Bixler of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, and Linda Rabbitt of Greene; his five sons, Craig of Chicago, Kent and LCDR Bruce Burroughs, USN, Ret., of Greene, Neil of Aurora, Colorado, and Brian of Lenoir City, Tennessee; seventeen grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Clifford attended country schools in Butler County and graduated from Greene High School in 1935. In 1937, he started work at the John Deere Tractor Co. in Waterloo, and later in 1942 he transferred to Iowa Transmission where he assembled tank transmissions. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked as an airplane mechanic at Luke Field and then at Yuma Army Air Base. In 1945, he was drafted into the Army where he counseled returning servicemen prior to discharge. After being discharged from the Army, he worked for an investment company where he sold securities until 1974.

On June 29, 1940, he married Mary Virginia Pooley, and in 1947 they settled in Greene where he was active in the Greene community, serving as mayor in 1948 and 1949. He was a past president of the Greene Commercial Club, a member of the American Legion and the Lions Club, and a past president of the PTA. He served as assistant Cubmaster and was on the Board of Review of the Boy Scouts. He taught radiological monitoring as part of the Butler County Civil Defense. He filmed football and basketball games for the high school athletic department.

He and his wife Mary enjoyed traveling and visited all fifty states, Canada, and Europe. He had many hobbies, including bird watching, stamp collecting, astronomy, genealogy, carpentry, and furniture refinishing. He was an avid reader and followed current events.

Clifford Burroughs was a Butler County Republican. He served in the Senate five years, from 1974 to 1978, during the second half of the 65th General Assembly, and through the 66th and 67th General Assemblies. In 1978, he was appointed by Governor Robert Ray as administrative law judge with the Appeals Board of Job Service, where he served until his retirement in 1982.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Clifford E. Burroughs, the State has lost an honored citizen and 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.

JOHN W. JENSEN, Chair

BETTY A. SOUKUP

STEWART E. IVERSON, JR.

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