Representative Roger A. Broers View All Years

ROGER A. BROERS

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

Mr. Broers was born on June 13, 1939, in Rockwell, Iowa, the son of Arthur J. and Alfreda L. (Halboth) Broers. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1957, attended Mason City Junior College and graduated from Wartburg College in Waverly.

He married Carolyn I. Kellogg on August 19, 1961, at St. James Lutheran Church in Mason City.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in English from Bemidji State in Bemidji, Minnesota. Roger taught for more than 20 years at Twin Rivers, Nora Springs High School and John Adams Middle School in Mason City. He retired from teaching to farm full-time.

He was elected as a Cerro Gordo county supervisor in 1995 and was re-elected in 1999. He served as president of both the Cerro Gordo County Extension Council and the Burchinal Co-op, and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and a 4-H Leader.

Mr. Broers, a Republican, served one term in .the House of Representatives from 2001-2002.

Mr. Broers died on September 30, 2002 at the age of 63. Mr. Broers is survived by his wife, Carolyn I. Broers, of Mason City; daughters, Karla Broers Geddes and her husband, Miko Ian, of Sheridan, Wyoming; and Deborah Bosch and her husband, Bob J., of North Platte, Nebraska; sisters Jeanette A. Pruin and her husband, Robert, of Seattle, Washington; and Linda L. Terrano and her husband, James, of Lincoln, Nebraska; three aunts, Elsie Broers, of Mason City, Peggy Stephen and her husband, Earl, of Denver, Colorado, and Helen Broers, of Mason City; an uncle, Paul Kruggel, of St. Helens, Oregon, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved By The House Of Representatives Of The Eightieth General Assembly Of Iowa, That in the passing of the Honorable Roger A. Broers, 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.

BILL SCHICKEL

MARK KUHN

LINDA UPMEYER

Committee