Mary Ellen Otremba
Mary Ellen Otremba | |
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Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 11B district | |
In office November 13, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Ken Otremba |
Succeeded by | Mary Franson |
Personal details | |
Born | College of Saint Benedict St. Cloud State University | September 26, 1950
Profession | educator, farmer, legislator |
Mary Ellen Dinkel Otremba (September 26, 1950 – July 16, 2014) was an American politician and a former member of the
Otremba was first elected in a November 4, 1997, special election held after the death of her husband, Representative Ken Otremba, that September.[3] She chaired the House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee, and was a member of the Ways and Means Committee. She also served on the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee for the Veterans Affairs Division, and on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division and the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division.[4] She was an assistant minority leader from 2001 to 2004.[1]
Otremba graduated from Long Prairie High School in
Otremba was a member of the Minnesota Agriculture Education Advisory Board and the Rural Health Advisory Board since 2002. She was also active in various organizations and clubs in her local community.[5]
Otremba died on July 16, 2014, in Long Prairie, Minnesota.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Otremba, Mary Ellen". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Polinaut". Minnesota Public Radio. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Otremba, Ken". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Mary Ellen Otremba (DFL) 11B – Minnesota House of Representatives". House.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ a b "Project Vote Smart – Representative Mary Ellen Otremba – Biography". Votesmart.org. September 26, 1950. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ Franson, Mary. "Press Release". Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ "Mary Ellen Otremba, 63". Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.