Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 23, 1975
Final Rites Held Wed. For James A. Lucas
Funeral services for James A. [lbert] Lucas, 78, were held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here Wed., Mar. 26, 1975, in charge of Carl Cummings. Mr. Lucas, born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 3, 1896, well-known lawyer, practiced his profession up until two days before his death at Clarinda Municipal Hospital on March 23, 1975.
A lifetime Republican, he headed the Taylor County G. O. P. for 10 years. His law experience, wide and varied, included serving the past 26 years as Bedford's City Attorney and County Attorney form 1924 to 1928. He served two sessions as a representative in the Iowa legislature (1939 through 1942) prior to serving as Commerce Counsel for the State of Iowa from 1942 to 1947.
In 1947 Lucas was acting attorney general for the State of Iowa. He resigned from this post to return to devote full time to his law practice in Bedford. In 1970 he was awarded a certificate, which qualified him to practice law before the U. S. Supreme Court. For years this attorney was on the Board of Governors of the Iowa State Bar Association.
In high school Jim played basketball, baseball and was on the Bedford track team---and when his parents moved to Mason City, Iowa he earned a halfback post as a 135 pounder on the Mason City gridiron team. Lucas was, however, interested in other activities. "Professor" Goetch created interest in economics and debate for him. Lucas' choice of a law career was influenced by his "lawyer kin"----grandfather, J. P. Flick, Uncle Bruce Flick as well as Jim's grandfather, A. G. Lucas. Jim's father, Ray V. Lucas, publisher of the Bedford Free Press, trained Jim in the rudiments of journalism.
After his overseas military duty in the U. S. Artillery in World War I, Lucas returned to complete his law degree at the University of Nebraska and later earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree.
Few Bedford business or professional men can beat this lawyer's record of continual, positive boosting for Bedford: he was a charter member of Bedford Country Club; a member of Bedford's Masonic Lodge; he was a charter member of, and first commander, of the Bedford American Legion Post; an active member and former president of the Bedford Lions Club; one of the instigators and main stays in the Bedford Development Corporation; a regular church attendant, he belonged to the Bedford United Methodist Church.
In February 16, 1923 he married Ethel Ruth Dowell in Corning, Iowa.
Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Ms. Jeannette Dowell Lucas Mishler of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Robert (Kathleen Jean Lucas) Muir of Minnetonka, Minn.; and six grandchildren: James Lucas, Sara Joann, John Whitney, and Julia Anne Mishler and Mary Kay and Jonathan Peter Muir.
His family and friends will always cherish countless happy memories of the 76 years his positive life exemplified.
It was Joseph Fort Newton who had in mind men like James A. Lucas when he defined a mature person as one who can look into a wayside puddle and see something besides mud, and into the face of the most forlorn mortal and see something beyond sin. When he knows how to live, how to love, how to hope, how to pray—glad to live and not afraid to die, in his hands a sword for evil and in his heart a bit of song.
Final Rites Held Wed. For James A. Lucas
Funeral services for James A. [lbert] Lucas, 78, were held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here Wed., Mar. 26, 1975, in charge of Carl Cummings. Mr. Lucas, born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 3, 1896, well-known lawyer, practiced his profession up until two days before his death at Clarinda Municipal Hospital on March 23, 1975.
A lifetime Republican, he headed the Taylor County G. O. P. for 10 years. His law experience, wide and varied, included serving the past 26 years as Bedford's City Attorney and County Attorney form 1924 to 1928. He served two sessions as a representative in the Iowa legislature (1939 through 1942) prior to serving as Commerce Counsel for the State of Iowa from 1942 to 1947.
In 1947 Lucas was acting attorney general for the State of Iowa. He resigned from this post to return to devote full time to his law practice in Bedford. In 1970 he was awarded a certificate, which qualified him to practice law before the U. S. Supreme Court. For years this attorney was on the Board of Governors of the Iowa State Bar Association.
In high school Jim played basketball, baseball and was on the Bedford track team---and when his parents moved to Mason City, Iowa he earned a halfback post as a 135 pounder on the Mason City gridiron team. Lucas was, however, interested in other activities. "Professor" Goetch created interest in economics and debate for him. Lucas' choice of a law career was influenced by his "lawyer kin"----grandfather, J. P. Flick, Uncle Bruce Flick as well as Jim's grandfather, A. G. Lucas. Jim's father, Ray V. Lucas, publisher of the Bedford Free Press, trained Jim in the rudiments of journalism.
After his overseas military duty in the U. S. Artillery in World War I, Lucas returned to complete his law degree at the University of Nebraska and later earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree.
Few Bedford business or professional men can beat this lawyer's record of continual, positive boosting for Bedford: he was a charter member of Bedford Country Club; a member of Bedford's Masonic Lodge; he was a charter member of, and first commander, of the Bedford American Legion Post; an active member and former president of the Bedford Lions Club; one of the instigators and main stays in the Bedford Development Corporation; a regular church attendant, he belonged to the Bedford United Methodist Church.
In February 16, 1923 he married Ethel Ruth Dowell in Corning, Iowa.
Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Ms. Jeannette Dowell Lucas Mishler of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Robert (Kathleen Jean Lucas) Muir of Minnetonka, Minn.; and six grandchildren: James Lucas, Sara Joann, John Whitney, and Julia Anne Mishler and Mary Kay and Jonathan Peter Muir.
His family and friends will always cherish countless happy memories of the 76 years his positive life exemplified.
It was Joseph Fort Newton who had in mind men like James A. Lucas when he defined a mature person as one who can look into a wayside puddle and see something besides mud, and into the face of the most forlorn mortal and see something beyond sin. When he knows how to live, how to love, how to hope, how to pray—glad to live and not afraid to die, in his hands a sword for evil and in his heart a bit of song.
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 23, 1975
Final Rites Held Wed. For James A. Lucas
Funeral services for James A. [lbert] Lucas, 78, were held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here Wed., Mar. 26, 1975, in charge of Carl Cummings. Mr. Lucas, born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 3, 1896, well-known lawyer, practiced his profession up until two days before his death at Clarinda Municipal Hospital on March 23, 1975.
A lifetime Republican, he headed the Taylor County G. O. P. for 10 years. His law experience, wide and varied, included serving the past 26 years as Bedford's City Attorney and County Attorney form 1924 to 1928. He served two sessions as a representative in the Iowa legislature (1939 through 1942) prior to serving as Commerce Counsel for the State of Iowa from 1942 to 1947.
In 1947 Lucas was acting attorney general for the State of Iowa. He resigned from this post to return to devote full time to his law practice in Bedford. In 1970 he was awarded a certificate, which qualified him to practice law before the U. S. Supreme Court. For years this attorney was on the Board of Governors of the Iowa State Bar Association.
In high school Jim played basketball, baseball and was on the Bedford track team---and when his parents moved to Mason City, Iowa he earned a halfback post as a 135 pounder on the Mason City gridiron team. Lucas was, however, interested in other activities. "Professor" Goetch created interest in economics and debate for him. Lucas' choice of a law career was influenced by his "lawyer kin"----grandfather, J. P. Flick, Uncle Bruce Flick as well as Jim's grandfather, A. G. Lucas. Jim's father, Ray V. Lucas, publisher of the Bedford Free Press, trained Jim in the rudiments of journalism.
After his overseas military duty in the U. S. Artillery in World War I, Lucas returned to complete his law degree at the University of Nebraska and later earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree.
Few Bedford business or professional men can beat this lawyer's record of continual, positive boosting for Bedford: he was a charter member of Bedford Country Club; a member of Bedford's Masonic Lodge; he was a charter member of, and first commander, of the Bedford American Legion Post; an active member and former president of the Bedford Lions Club; one of the instigators and main stays in the Bedford Development Corporation; a regular church attendant, he belonged to the Bedford United Methodist Church.
In February 16, 1923 he married Ethel Ruth Dowell in Corning, Iowa.
Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Ms. Jeannette Dowell Lucas Mishler of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Robert (Kathleen Jean Lucas) Muir of Minnetonka, Minn.; and six grandchildren: James Lucas, Sara Joann, John Whitney, and Julia Anne Mishler and Mary Kay and Jonathan Peter Muir.
His family and friends will always cherish countless happy memories of the 76 years his positive life exemplified.
It was Joseph Fort Newton who had in mind men like James A. Lucas when he defined a mature person as one who can look into a wayside puddle and see something besides mud, and into the face of the most forlorn mortal and see something beyond sin. When he knows how to live, how to love, how to hope, how to pray—glad to live and not afraid to die, in his hands a sword for evil and in his heart a bit of song.
Final Rites Held Wed. For James A. Lucas
Funeral services for James A. [lbert] Lucas, 78, were held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here Wed., Mar. 26, 1975, in charge of Carl Cummings. Mr. Lucas, born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 3, 1896, well-known lawyer, practiced his profession up until two days before his death at Clarinda Municipal Hospital on March 23, 1975.
A lifetime Republican, he headed the Taylor County G. O. P. for 10 years. His law experience, wide and varied, included serving the past 26 years as Bedford's City Attorney and County Attorney form 1924 to 1928. He served two sessions as a representative in the Iowa legislature (1939 through 1942) prior to serving as Commerce Counsel for the State of Iowa from 1942 to 1947.
In 1947 Lucas was acting attorney general for the State of Iowa. He resigned from this post to return to devote full time to his law practice in Bedford. In 1970 he was awarded a certificate, which qualified him to practice law before the U. S. Supreme Court. For years this attorney was on the Board of Governors of the Iowa State Bar Association.
In high school Jim played basketball, baseball and was on the Bedford track team---and when his parents moved to Mason City, Iowa he earned a halfback post as a 135 pounder on the Mason City gridiron team. Lucas was, however, interested in other activities. "Professor" Goetch created interest in economics and debate for him. Lucas' choice of a law career was influenced by his "lawyer kin"----grandfather, J. P. Flick, Uncle Bruce Flick as well as Jim's grandfather, A. G. Lucas. Jim's father, Ray V. Lucas, publisher of the Bedford Free Press, trained Jim in the rudiments of journalism.
After his overseas military duty in the U. S. Artillery in World War I, Lucas returned to complete his law degree at the University of Nebraska and later earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree.
Few Bedford business or professional men can beat this lawyer's record of continual, positive boosting for Bedford: he was a charter member of Bedford Country Club; a member of Bedford's Masonic Lodge; he was a charter member of, and first commander, of the Bedford American Legion Post; an active member and former president of the Bedford Lions Club; one of the instigators and main stays in the Bedford Development Corporation; a regular church attendant, he belonged to the Bedford United Methodist Church.
In February 16, 1923 he married Ethel Ruth Dowell in Corning, Iowa.
Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Ms. Jeannette Dowell Lucas Mishler of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Robert (Kathleen Jean Lucas) Muir of Minnetonka, Minn.; and six grandchildren: James Lucas, Sara Joann, John Whitney, and Julia Anne Mishler and Mary Kay and Jonathan Peter Muir.
His family and friends will always cherish countless happy memories of the 76 years his positive life exemplified.
It was Joseph Fort Newton who had in mind men like James A. Lucas when he defined a mature person as one who can look into a wayside puddle and see something besides mud, and into the face of the most forlorn mortal and see something beyond sin. When he knows how to live, how to love, how to hope, how to pray—glad to live and not afraid to die, in his hands a sword for evil and in his heart a bit of song.
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