Former Iowa Democratic congressman Berkley Bedell has died. Bedell, who branched out into many other avenues after his career in the U.S. House ended, died Saturday, according to a Facebook post by his son, Tom Bedell. According to the post, Bedell suffered a stroke that “attacked his very alive and productive brain” on Wednesday, a few days before his death. He was 98 years old.

The former congressman was in Naples, Florida, at the time of his death, according to Jim Frost, a close friend of Bedell’s. Bedell’s public service was an anomaly. Since he left office in early 1987, no Democrat has been elected to the Northwest Iowa territory Bedell had represented.

Bedell was born in March 5, 1921, in Spirit Lake. He graduated from Spirit Lake High School and attended Iowa State University from 1940 to 1942, when began service in the Air Force through 1945, completing his duty as a lieutenant. He married the former Elinor Healy in 1943, and the couple had three children. Elinor Bedell died in 2017 at age 93