[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                         HONORING HARRY LEMIEUX

 Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a good 
friend of mine and a man who devoted his life to serving his country 
and advancing its health care institutions. Today we mourn the passing 
of Harry Lemieux of Eagan, MI, a champion of veteran's rights and the 
health care providers of our state.
  Harry was born in St. Paul where he graduated from the old Marshall 
High School. He enlisted in the Navy and served for 22 years, including 
several years in the South Pacific during World War II. He specialized 
in submarine warfare and worked with the Naval Reserve's Weekend 
Warrior Program until his retirement from the military in 1966.
  As chairman of the Veterans' Legislative Committee for 8 years, Harry 
led a coalition of military groups that still fights on the veterans' 
front. He was a member of the American Legion, VFW, Fleet Reserve, 
Shekinah Masonic Lodge 171, and Osman Temple Shrine.
  He worked briefly for the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment 
Authority before he and wife, Pearl, bought West St. Paul's Southview 
Acres, a nursing home complex in 1966, which they enlarged from 71 to 
257 beds. In 1983, he built the 200-bed Apple Valley Health Care 
Center, and 3 years later a 208-bed Villa apartment complex for senior 
citizens attached to the health care center.
  Harry was also an active leader in the health industry. He was 
president of the Minnesota Association of Health Care Facilities and 
lobbied the legislature on bills to benefit the elderly.
  My good neighbor Harry Lemieux's contributions remind us, as we 
discuss health care reform, how important it is to maintain a system 
that cares for the individual and rewards individual achievement. 
Harry's contributions will not soon be forgotten by those who most 
benefited from his work--the veterans, the elderly and the 
beneficiaries of his innovative care. We will miss him greatly.

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