[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17811]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN MEMORY OF JUDGE H.A. KELSO

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 8, 2004

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Judge H.A. Kelso of Nevada, Missouri. He was 92.
  H.A. Kelso was born on September 6, 1911, in Alma, Nebraska, a son of 
John W. and Mariam Belle Hereford. He attended SMSU, then known as 
Springfield Teacher's College and the University of Colorado in 
Boulder. He received a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree in 1937 from the 
University of Arkansas.
  In 1938, he came to Nevada, Missouri, and was elected Prosecuting 
Attorney of Vernon County. During World War II, he served in the United 
States Army as Tech Sergeant with the Judge Advocate's Office.
  In 1948, he was elected to the post of Probate/Magistrate Judge and 
Acting Juvenile Judge. Governor John Dalton appointed Judge Kelso to 
the bench as Judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit. He served in this 
position until his retirement in 1976. During his tenure, he also was 
an Honorary Colonel on Govenor John Dalton's staff.
  Judge Kelso was a member of the United Methodist Chuch of Nevada and 
served there as a Sunday School teacher. Also, he was a member of Ducks 
Unlimited, Vernon County Bar Association and the Missouri Bar 
Association. Judge Kelso was a charter member of the Nevada Jaycees, 
served on the steering committee for the Nevada Centennial Celebration 
and was a leader in the Boy Scouts. He dedicated himself to 
conservation and was voted Farmer-Sportsman of the Year in 1966.
  Mr. Speaker, Judge H.A. Kelso will be missed by all who knew him. I 
know the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family, his wife Doradee and his three daughters, 
Maridee Kelso Devore, Constance Kelso Beaver and Sylvia Kelso Tucker.

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