Representative Fred L. Koogler View All Years

FRED L. KOOGLER

Mr. Speaker: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Fred L. Koogler, begs leave to submit the following Memorial:

Fred L. Koogler was born December 22, 1925 in Wright, Iowa. On January 10, 1948, he married Edna Rowe and they had one son and one daughter.

A 1944 graduate of Oskaloosa High School, Mr. Koogler served twenty-six years in the armed forces during the Second World War and the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. Upon his retirement from the military in 1970, Mr. Koogler returned to Oskaloosa, serving subsequently as a Scoutmaster and District Director for the Boy Scouts of America and Executive Director of the Oskaloosa Young Men’s Christian Association; he served on the Mahaska County Conservation Board and the Bloomfield Cemetary Board; he was a member of the First Christian Church in Oskaloosa, Council Lodge 644, A.F. & A.M., and the American Legion, Harry L. Anderson Post No. 34; he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a trustee of Oskaloosa Girls, Inc. Following his service in the Iowa House of Representatives, Mr. Koogler was employed at Clow Corporation until his retirement in 1987.

A Democrat, Mr. Koogler represented portions of Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe and Poweshiek Counties during the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh and Sixty-seventh Extra General Assemblies.

Fred L. Koogler died July 22, 1992. He is survived by his wife, Edna, of Oskaloosa; his son, Fred, Jr., of Pella; his daughter, Nancy E. Ferber, of Greenfield; two sisters, Ruth Newell of Rose Hill and Maxine Holm of Sigourney; and three grandchildren.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Fred L. Koogler, 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.

SANDRA H. GREINER

DENNIS BLACK

HAROLD VAN MAANEN

Committee