Viewing Richard Francis Spurck (1896-1952).Richard Francis Spurck (1896-1952).In 1926, after graduating the Northwestern College of Law, thirty-year-old Richard F. Spurck opened his own shop in the Plymouth Building in Minneapolis. In 1934, he joined the Minnesota Division of Social Welfare, became an expert on "poor relief laws" and compiled a reference book on this legislation that was used throughout the state. He had many interests besides the law, including veterans' affairs, juvenile delinquency, boy and girl scouts and electrical engineering. He died on July 31, 1952, at age fifty-five. On May 1, 1954, Richard J. Haertzen delivered a memorial for him on behalf of the Hennepin County Bar Association. |