What is Lester Menke?
[[File:Lester D. Menke - Official Portrait - 70th GA.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Menke in 1973]] '''Lester D. Menke''' (December 16, 1918 &ndash; March 5, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was born in [[O'Brien County, Iowa|O'Brien County]], [[Iowa]]. He was a state Representative from the Iowa's 5th and 7th Districts. He served in the [[Iowa House of Representatives]] from 1973 to 1985. He served as Speaker pro Tempore from 1981 to 1985.<ref>[http://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=1213 Iowa General Assembly-Lester Menke]</ref> Menke died in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] on March 5, 2016 from [[dementia]]. He was aged 97. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PID=1228 Iowa General Assembly - Lester Menke] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121212023146/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PID=1228 |date=2012-12-12 }} '''official government website''' *[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/desmoinesregister/obituary.aspx?pid=177968967 Lester Menke Obituary] Des Moines Register {{DEFAULTSORT:Menke, Lester}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia]] [[Category:Politicians from Iowa]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] {{US-bio-stub}}