Paul Franzenburg

Paul Franzenburg (November 18, 1916 – October 31, 2004) was an American politician and businessman.

Biography

Franzenburg was born in Conrad, Iowa and graduated from Pierson High School. He help organized the school band. Franzenburg served in the United States Army during World War II. He was involved with the family business: The Franzenburg Provision Company, a meat processing business. Franzenburg served on the Conrad Board of Education and was a Democrat. He served as Treasurer of Iowa from 1965 to 1969. In 1968, he ran for Governor of Iowa, being defeated by incumbent Governor Robert D. Ray. He serve on the Iowa Utilities Board from 1983 until 1991. Franzenburg died at the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, in Des Moines, Iowa from heart failure and complications from hip replacement surgery.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ 'Iowa Official Register 1967-1968,' Vol. 2, J.C. Moore-Superintendent of Printing, Betty L. Lamberto-editor, Biographical Sketch of Paul Franzenburg, pg. 9
^ 'Former state treasurer, utilities board official dies,' The Waterloo Courier, November 2, 2004

External links

Paul Franzenburg at Find a Grave

Party political offices
Preceded by Harold Hughes	Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa 1968	Succeeded by Robert D. Fulton
Preceded by Robert D. Fulton	Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa 1972	Succeeded by James Schaben

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[1] 'Iowa Official Register 1967-1968,' Vol. 2, J.C. Moore-Superintendent of Printing, Betty L. Lamberto-editor, Biographical Sketch of Paul Franzenburg, pg. 9

[2] 'Former state treasurer, utilities board official dies,' The Waterloo Courier, November 2, 2004

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