[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 141 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO DOROTHY PELL SAVAGE

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 12, 1995
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the memory of 
an outstanding Long Islander, Dorothy Pell Savage. Mrs. Savage, who was 
the founder and chairwoman of the board of East End Hospice, an agency 
that provides in-home care for the terminally ill, died on July 30, 
1995, at the age of 75, after a 6-month struggle with breast cancer. 
Mrs. Savage's selfless work in the health care field gave dignity back 
to almost 800 terminally ill Long Islanders by allowing them to live 
out the remainder of their days at home surrounded by their family and 
friends instead of being alone and isolated in a sterile hospital room.
  Mrs. Savage was born on November 3, 1919, in Garden City. She grew up 
in Manhattan and attended the Spence School there. She went on to 
become a successful businesswoman, first as a manager at the Lord & 
Taylor and Depinna department store branches in Eastchester, NY, and 
later as the owner of a women's clothing shop in Scarsdale, NY.
  She married Hugh Savage in 1939. When Mr. Savage became ill in the 
mid-1980's, she cared for him at home until his death in 1986. After 
his death she decided to turn the tragedy around by founding East End 
Hospice with the help of a few good friends.
  Today, the agency has over 200 volunteers and in its 8-year history 
the hospice has cared for almost 800 people on both the north and south 
forks of Long Island.
  Mrs. Savage is survived by her two sons, Tracy and Hugh, and her nine 
grandchildren.
  Although Mrs. Savage is no longer with us physically, her legacy and 
dedication to eastern Long Island will live on through the volunteers 
of East End Hospice.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in extending my heartfelt sympathy 
and prayers to her family and friends. She will be missed.


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