Representative Patricia L. Thompson View All Years

PATRICIA THOMPSON-WOODWORTH

Patricia (Lathen) Thompson-Woodworth was born September 17, 1927 in Grant, Iowa. She graduated from Elliott High School in 1945 and attended the University of Nebraska receiving an Associate of Arts in 1947.

She married George W. Thompson Jr., of Red Oak in 1947 and they moved to West Des Moines in 1954. Together they raised five children. She married Wayne Woodworth in 1999 after George passed away in 1993. Community service ran through her serving in leadership positions for many Associations and a member for many others. Patricia received numerous awards for her service, including the Outstanding Citizen Leadership Award from the National Community Education Association in 2006, the West Des Moines Community School District Award of Merit for Service from 1969 to 1975 and the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award in 1974. Serving as president for two years on the West Des Moines Community School District Board of Directors; she also served as a District Director for the Iowa Association of School Boards.

Patricia was a Republican from Polk County. She was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in the fall of 1976 and served two terms. During the Sixty-eighth General Assembly she served as an Assistant Majority Leader. She was the author and sponsor of the 1978 Iowa Community Education Act.

Representative Thompson-Woodworth passed away October 22, 2011 at the age of 84.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA, That in the passing of the Honorable Patricia Thompson-Woodworth, 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 her 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.

JOHN LANDON

MARTI ANDERSON

Committee