[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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                         THE REV. CHARLES GAREL

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise today to mark the passing of a 
great and good man. A man who was loved and respected by everyone who 
knew him. A man whose work in the civil rights movement and for the 
well-being of his fellow citizens made him not just a powerful moral 
force in the African-American community, which he certainly was, but 
also a pillar of the entire community.
  The Rev. Charles Garel, a longtime community activist and civil 
rights leader in Madison, WI, passed away last week of complications 
from diabetes at the age of 81.
  Reverend Garel and his wife of 51 years, Beatrice, came to Madison in 
1969 to set up a halfway house for teenaged girls. They founded Garel 
House, a transition home for foster girls. And they assisted in 
providing needed housing for disabled American veterans.
  As president of the Madison chapter of the NAACP and minister of the 
United Methodist and Mount Zion Baptist Churches, he will be remembered 
as a unifying voice, a problem-solver, a peacemaker, and a steadfast 
advocate for justice. His legacy will live on as a wonderful 
inspiration of commitment, compassion, and humanity for us all.

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