[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1523-E1524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO DOROTHY DANZIS BIER

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 25, 1997

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of 
Mrs. Dorothy

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Danzis Bier, a New Jersey resident, who died on July 8, at the age of 
91. Throughout most of her life, she was deeply tied to the 13th 
Congressional District of New Jersey; and those ties continue to enrich 
this area of New Jersey.
  Mrs. Bier was born in Newark, delivered by her uncle, Dr. Max Danzis, 
a founding physician of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Her youth 
was spent growing up in Highland Park, Bayonne, and Newark, where she 
graduated from Newark's South Side High School in 1922. After 
graduating from the Newark Normal School, which is now Kean College, 
Mrs. Bier received her teaching certificate and taught in the Newark 
school system.
  In 1929, Mrs. Bier married David Bier and, shortly thereafter, the 
couple settled in Jersey City. Their only child Marcia was born at Beth 
Israel Medical Center in 1930.
  Mr. and Mrs. Bier owned and operated Mother Bier's Bakery at 121 
Madison Street in Hoboken until the mid-1960's when poor health forced 
Mr. Bier to close the business. At that time, although in her 60's, 
Mrs. Bier returned to the education field and taught pre-school 
children in Jersey City from 1965 until 1970 under the Head Start 
Program. She retired in 1970 and moved to Millburn, NJ, to be near her 
daughter, son-in-law Cyril Greenstein; and her beloved grandchildren, 
Scott and Randy. She moved once again, to Miami, FL, in 1987 where her 
daughter and son-in-law had relocated.
  Surviving her are her daughter and son-in-law of Aventura, FL; her 
grandsons, Scott Greenstein, M.D., of Middlebury, CT; and Randy 
Greenstein of Rockville, MD. She was also the great-grandmother of Max 
and Jesse Greenstein of Middlebury, CT; and a nephew, Alan Danzis of 
Berkeley Heights, NJ. Her husband David passed away in 1969; and her 
only sibling, Leo Danzis of Elizabeth, NJ, and vice president of the 
Ketchum Pharmaceutical Co., died in 1977.
  Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Bier was a unique woman; witty, intelligent, and 
politically astute throughout her life. I know that she was adored by 
her family; and that she adored them. I extend my condolences to her 
daughter and her grandsons. They lost the matriarch of their family. 
New Jersey lost a beloved daughter who truly has left my area poorer 
for her passing.

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