Memorial service for Maurice "Mo" Baringer who passed away unexpectedly at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines on May 25, 2011 will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 3 at Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Indianola.
He was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1921. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in business in 1943, he served three years in the Army Air Corps, stationed in the south Pacific during the war. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in animal science at Iowa State University where he met Dorothy Schlensig, whom he married in 1948.
In the first decades of his career, Mo worked in the feed business as a feed nutritionist and executive. He was first elected to the Iowa legislature as Fayette County representative in 1961, serving as Speaker of the House in 1967. During his legislative service, he was influential in the creation of the Iowa community college system and Iowa public television. He received a citation from the Statehouse Press Corps as Outstanding Representative of 1967. After his term as Speaker, Mo was elected Iowa state treasurer, a position he held through 1982. He headed the Iowa Public Employee Retirement system until 1991. He also had a leadership role in the restoration of Terrace Hill as the new governor's mansion. After retirement he raised cattle and Arabian horses on his farm in Clarke County.
Mo is survived by his wife Dorothy; brother Ralph of McPherson, Kansas; daughters Sandra Baringer of Valley Center, California and Debra Baringer of Des Moines; grandchildren Benjamin Baringer of Indianola, Samantha Baringer of Des Moines, Persephone and Brittany Baringer of Council Bluffs, and William and Joseph Schwartz-Baringer of Ames; and four great-grandchildren.
His sons James and David, brother Paul, and sister Lora Backhaus preceded him in death.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 2 at Overton Funeral Home where family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
He was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1921. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in business in 1943, he served three years in the Army Air Corps, stationed in the south Pacific during the war. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in animal science at Iowa State University where he met Dorothy Schlensig, whom he married in 1948.
In the first decades of his career, Mo worked in the feed business as a feed nutritionist and executive. He was first elected to the Iowa legislature as Fayette County representative in 1961, serving as Speaker of the House in 1967. During his legislative service, he was influential in the creation of the Iowa community college system and Iowa public television. He received a citation from the Statehouse Press Corps as Outstanding Representative of 1967. After his term as Speaker, Mo was elected Iowa state treasurer, a position he held through 1982. He headed the Iowa Public Employee Retirement system until 1991. He also had a leadership role in the restoration of Terrace Hill as the new governor's mansion. After retirement he raised cattle and Arabian horses on his farm in Clarke County.
Mo is survived by his wife Dorothy; brother Ralph of McPherson, Kansas; daughters Sandra Baringer of Valley Center, California and Debra Baringer of Des Moines; grandchildren Benjamin Baringer of Indianola, Samantha Baringer of Des Moines, Persephone and Brittany Baringer of Council Bluffs, and William and Joseph Schwartz-Baringer of Ames; and four great-grandchildren.
His sons James and David, brother Paul, and sister Lora Backhaus preceded him in death.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 2 at Overton Funeral Home where family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial service for Maurice "Mo" Baringer who passed away unexpectedly at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines on May 25, 2011 will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 3 at Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Indianola.
He was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1921. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in business in 1943, he served three years in the Army Air Corps, stationed in the south Pacific during the war. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in animal science at Iowa State University where he met Dorothy Schlensig, whom he married in 1948.
In the first decades of his career, Mo worked in the feed business as a feed nutritionist and executive. He was first elected to the Iowa legislature as Fayette County representative in 1961, serving as Speaker of the House in 1967. During his legislative service, he was influential in the creation of the Iowa community college system and Iowa public television. He received a citation from the Statehouse Press Corps as Outstanding Representative of 1967. After his term as Speaker, Mo was elected Iowa state treasurer, a position he held through 1982. He headed the Iowa Public Employee Retirement system until 1991. He also had a leadership role in the restoration of Terrace Hill as the new governor's mansion. After retirement he raised cattle and Arabian horses on his farm in Clarke County.
Mo is survived by his wife Dorothy; brother Ralph of McPherson, Kansas; daughters Sandra Baringer of Valley Center, California and Debra Baringer of Des Moines; grandchildren Benjamin Baringer of Indianola, Samantha Baringer of Des Moines, Persephone and Brittany Baringer of Council Bluffs, and William and Joseph Schwartz-Baringer of Ames; and four great-grandchildren.
His sons James and David, brother Paul, and sister Lora Backhaus preceded him in death.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 2 at Overton Funeral Home where family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
He was born in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1921. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in business in 1943, he served three years in the Army Air Corps, stationed in the south Pacific during the war. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in animal science at Iowa State University where he met Dorothy Schlensig, whom he married in 1948.
In the first decades of his career, Mo worked in the feed business as a feed nutritionist and executive. He was first elected to the Iowa legislature as Fayette County representative in 1961, serving as Speaker of the House in 1967. During his legislative service, he was influential in the creation of the Iowa community college system and Iowa public television. He received a citation from the Statehouse Press Corps as Outstanding Representative of 1967. After his term as Speaker, Mo was elected Iowa state treasurer, a position he held through 1982. He headed the Iowa Public Employee Retirement system until 1991. He also had a leadership role in the restoration of Terrace Hill as the new governor's mansion. After retirement he raised cattle and Arabian horses on his farm in Clarke County.
Mo is survived by his wife Dorothy; brother Ralph of McPherson, Kansas; daughters Sandra Baringer of Valley Center, California and Debra Baringer of Des Moines; grandchildren Benjamin Baringer of Indianola, Samantha Baringer of Des Moines, Persephone and Brittany Baringer of Council Bluffs, and William and Joseph Schwartz-Baringer of Ames; and four great-grandchildren.
His sons James and David, brother Paul, and sister Lora Backhaus preceded him in death.
Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 2 at Overton Funeral Home where family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
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