L. W. Joe GROSS, Representative from Ringgold County, Iowa, was born was born at Fort Morgan, Colorado, and graduated from Arispe High School in 1943. He served during World War II in the U.S. Navy. A member of the Methodist Church, Joe is also a member of the Masonic Lodge, Des Moines Consistory, Shrine, Eastern Star, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Farm Bureau. He was the Vice-President of Iowa Health Care Association. Joe and his wife Helen, the parents of two daughters and one son, reside in Mount Ayr. A Republican, Joe was elected as a Representative to the Iowa General Assembly in 1980.

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Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009