[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1628]
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                        HONORING MARY JANE HAASE

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                        HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR.

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 17, 1996

  Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, from the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, I place 
in the Record the obituary of the distinguished Mary Jane Haase whose 
son, David Haase, in turn, is among the most distinguished of American 
Journalists:

                            Mary Jane Haase

       Services for Mrs. C.L. ``Larry'' (Mary Jane) Haase, 73, 
     1495 University Ave., formerly of 1275 Atlantic St., will be 
     at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Nativity Catholic Church.
       Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call 
     from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., 
     where the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court 1287, 
     will recite the rosary at 4 p.m. and there will be a parish 
     wake service at 8 p.m.
       Mary Jane was born on May 1, 1923, in Louisburg, Wis., 
     daughter of Phillip and Gertrude (Brandt) Larkin. She died of 
     leukemia at 4:25 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 1996, at home.
       She married C.L. ``Larry Haase on Dec. 27, 1945, at St. 
     Joseph's Catholic Church, Sininawa, Wis.
       She was a graduate of St. Clara Academy, Sinsinawa. She was 
     an active member of Nativity Parish and its rosary society. 
     She was a daily attendee at Mass, a sacristan, money counter 
     and funeral dinner provider as well as a worker at many 
     parish functions. She was an active volunteer at Nativity 
     School and was a Mercy Health Center volunteer. She was a 
     member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court 
     Dubuque 1287, the St. Francis of Rome Mothers' Club; American 
     Legion Auxiliary; and the Linn County Cabane Unit of the 40 & 
     8 Society. Mary Jane knew the true meaning of hospitality--
     her heart and her home were open to everyone.
       Surviving are her husband, C.L. ``Larry'' Haase; three 
     daughters, Yvone H. ``Bonnie'' (Edward) Ciszczon, of Phoenix; 
     Kathy A. Scremin, of Dubuque, and Michelle M. (Gary) Becker, 
     of Asbury Iowa; two sons, David L. (Elizabeth) Haase, of 
     Springfield, Va., and Mark P. (Barbara) Haase, of Ridgecrest, 
     Calif. 12 grandchildren, Brian, Heather and Anne Ciszczon, 
     Richard and Alexandra Haase, Gretchen, Marc and Sara Scremin, 
     Adam and Jacob Haase and Abby and Andrew Becker; a sister, 
     Shirley A. (Donald) Feldman, of Dubuque; and five brothers, 
     Kenneth P. (Mary) Larkin, of Las Vegas, Norman P. (Eunice) 
     Larkin of Cuba City, Wis., Eugene L. (Delma) Larkin, of 
     Kankakee, Ill., Ronald V. (Jackie) Larkin, of East Durbuque, 
     Ill., and Patrick H. (Treasure) Larkin, of Freeport, IIl.
       She was preceded in death by three sisters, Kathleen and 
     Bernice Larkin and Mrs. Vincent (Geraldine) Vosberg; and a 
     brother, Leonard Larkin.
       A Mary Jane Haase Memorial Fund has been established.

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