Services Pending For Former Colorado House Speaker
LIMON, Colo. (AP) -- Funeral services are pending for former Colorado House Speaker Carl "Bev" Bledsoe, who died Tuesday. He was 88.
A spokesman for Love Funeral Home said Wednesday details of the services are still being worked out.
Before term limits, Bledsoe, who was a Republican, served 10 years as speaker, from 1981 to 1991, according to historian Jerry Kopel. Bledsoe was elected in 1972 and served 18 years.
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