John Ryder

RYDER, KILLEEN

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Date: 2/10/2004 at 05:26:51

John Ryder
Junior member of the house of representatives from Dubuque county, was born and reared in Dubuque, Iowa. He was educated in the parochial schools. He graduated from the Bayless Business college. For twenty-five years he was the junior member of the Ryder Brothers' wholesale grocery firm. In 1919, he organized the Ryder Realty Co., and served as vice president until January, 1925, when he retired from the firm. For the past fifteen years he has served as State Chief Ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters of Iowa. In March, 1925, he was elected member of the board of education of the city of Dubuque, and was appointed chairman of the finance committee. He is, and has been for a number of years, a director of the Hotel Julien Dubuque. He was married in November, 1917, to Miss Anna L. Killeen, who died in May, 1923. He was elected to the general assembly November, 1924, and reelected in 1926. A democrat in politics.

source: Iowa Official Register 1927-1928; Biographies of State Representatives; pg. 254