[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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     CELEBRATING EAST BAY CENTENARIANS DURING OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 1994

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share with my colleagues news 
of a special gathering that will take place on Thursday, May 19, in 
Castro Valley, CA. Over 50 senior citizens, each over 100 years old, 
will join together at Eden Medical Center for the fifth annual 100+ 
celebration.
  Every one of us has looked to an elder, perhaps a grandparent or 
great-grandparent, at different times during our lives for the wise 
counsel that only experience can provide. Their wit and wisdom speak of 
lessons learned, their knowing smiles are a reflection on decades of 
experience. I know my own mother, who is just 84 years old, has taught 
this incorrigible son an encyclopedia of lessons.
  While I cannot be there on Thursday, I want to join Eden Hospital in 
honoring our local centenarians. The most senior of these senior 
citizens are 105, including Mercedes Hengeveld, Ada Hermans, Vera 
Sherman, and Anna Simmons. Thee are also four 104-year-olds, including 
Abdul Khaliqi, Antonio Neito, Mary Souza, and Ethel Stenson.
  Nicolasa Alcon, Allie Cox, Elizabeth Denny, Florence Hyde, Jesse 
``Ed'' Lacy, Etta Osborn, Epifania Saldana, Eva Thorton, Catherine 
Walker, and Lily Wilkinson are 103 this year: The 102-year-olds who 
will be there on Thursday are: Giorgina Angeli, Mable Boyd, Michael 
Branden, Lillian Garfias, Mamie McGriff, Antonio Nava, and Huldah 
Stukaloff.
  Addie Abbott, Earl Brush, Lenora Costa, Marie Edwards, Eva Fordan, 
Wayne Frances, Jim Hendricks, Hinda Jackson, Helen Leandro, Eugenia 
Liorentzevich, Erminia Oberti, Edna Payne, and Fred von Brethorst, at 
101, are the sophomores of this class. The freshmen, young at only 100, 
are: Marion Boone, Hilda Carr, Olga Cherepanoff, Josephine Corona, 
Hazel Garard, Olive Gurney, Marianne Hill, Kristina Langas, Ethel 
Manildi, Helen Minore, Marian Morken, Kishi Noma, Cecil Penberthy, 
Lillie Seay, Mary Silva, Ernestine Smedman, Charles Ulrich, Leo 
Valentino, and Marguerite Zugoni. We also remember Mary Haaga, who 
would have been 100, and Dr. Don Warren, who would have been 104 this 
year.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in honoring these 
centenarians, especially during Older Americans Month, 1994. Their long 
and full lives have been a source of inspiration to their friends, 
family, and us all. I wish them all good health and good cheer.

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