House  1951-54  (District 11)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Nobles
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            8/4/1920
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Marshall, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            6/9/2003
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Worthington
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Attorney, Law Firm of Lasley and Forbes
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Marshall High School; Secondary; Graduate
University of Minnesota; B.A.; 1942
University of Minnesota, Law School; LL.B.; 1949
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Army, 5th Infantry Division (World War II, Europe, 4 years); 
                         
                         194? to 194?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Mary Modesta
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: Nancy and Jo (daughters)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He grew up in Marshall, Minnesota.
His funeral was held at the Simonet Funeral Home in Stillwater, Minnesota.