Thursday December 20, 1945 p. 10
Bruce J. Flick
Bruce James Flick, a member of one of Taylor County's pioneer families, was born in Bedford on July 16, 1879, the son of James Patton Flick and Amanda King Flick. He grew to manhood in Bedford where he attended the local school and received his higher education at Iowa University and the Drake Law School. He began law practice in partnership with his father in Bedford, where he carried on his profession until 1921.
On June 3, 1907 he married Alice Dunning of Bedford, and their home was here until in 1921, when Mr. Flick went to Des Moines as assistant to the attorney general of Iowa. In 1924 he became a member of the firm of Havner, Flick, and Powers, in which association he continued until 1937, when he entered the legal department of the City of Des Moines.
His death on December 11, 1945, came after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Sands Clark [Margaret] of Flushing, New York, and Miss Frances Flick of Syracuse, New York, one son, Robert Flick of Des Moines; a granddaughter, Charlotte Clark; and four sisters, Mrs. Orville Wilday [Florence] of Long Beach, California, Mrs. R. [ay] V. Lucas [Maude] and Miss Nelle Flick of Oelwein, Iowa, and Mrs. Cora Beall of San Pablo, California. His only brother, Donald Flick, died in Bedford in 1903.
Mr. Flick was a life long member of the Methodist church, and until his illness, was very active in Grace Methodist church in Des Moines, on whose official board he served for many years. Other organizations of which he was a member were the Iowa State Bar Association, the Polk County Bar Association, Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity, and Taylor Lodge of the Masonic order. Although he lived away from Bedford for many years, Mr. Flick kept up his Bedford friendships and business associations.
Thursday December 20, 1945 p. 10
Bruce J. Flick
Bruce James Flick, a member of one of Taylor County's pioneer families, was born in Bedford on July 16, 1879, the son of James Patton Flick and Amanda King Flick. He grew to manhood in Bedford where he attended the local school and received his higher education at Iowa University and the Drake Law School. He began law practice in partnership with his father in Bedford, where he carried on his profession until 1921.
On June 3, 1907 he married Alice Dunning of Bedford, and their home was here until in 1921, when Mr. Flick went to Des Moines as assistant to the attorney general of Iowa. In 1924 he became a member of the firm of Havner, Flick, and Powers, in which association he continued until 1937, when he entered the legal department of the City of Des Moines.
His death on December 11, 1945, came after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Sands Clark [Margaret] of Flushing, New York, and Miss Frances Flick of Syracuse, New York, one son, Robert Flick of Des Moines; a granddaughter, Charlotte Clark; and four sisters, Mrs. Orville Wilday [Florence] of Long Beach, California, Mrs. R. [ay] V. Lucas [Maude] and Miss Nelle Flick of Oelwein, Iowa, and Mrs. Cora Beall of San Pablo, California. His only brother, Donald Flick, died in Bedford in 1903.
Mr. Flick was a life long member of the Methodist church, and until his illness, was very active in Grace Methodist church in Des Moines, on whose official board he served for many years. Other organizations of which he was a member were the Iowa State Bar Association, the Polk County Bar Association, Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity, and Taylor Lodge of the Masonic order. Although he lived away from Bedford for many years, Mr. Flick kept up his Bedford friendships and business associations.
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