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Iowa Veterans Affairs Committee approves rules; members share news of veteran leader's death
Summary
At a meeting of the Iowa Legislature's Veterans Affairs Committee, members approved committee rules by voice vote and shared news that Patrick Palmer Sheen, a former appointee to the Iowa Veterans Home who helped found the state's veterans cemetery, has died.
The Iowa Legislature's Veterans Affairs Committee approved its rules by voice vote and heard members share news of the death of Patrick Palmer Sheen, a long-time veterans advocate who helped organize the Iowa Veterans Cemetery.
Senator Dosser, a committee member, opened remarks by offering to work with colleagues and by notifying the committee that Patrick Palmer Sheen had died. "I'm more than happy to... let's work together," Dosser said, adding that Sheen's daughter called with the news and that Sheen "passed in his sleep." He said Sheen…
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