[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E536]
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     JOSHUA AND DELORES CRUPI CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 31, 1998

  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me 
in honoring two of my constituents, Joshua and Delores Crupi, of Temple 
Hills, Maryland, on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary. 
This couple proves that with love, compromise, patience, perseverance, 
and understanding, a relationship can stand the test of time and serve 
as an example for others.
  During World War II, a young woman left her native Kansas and came to 
Washington to work for the Navy Department. I suspect, she expected to 
return home after the War ended and stay there for the rest of her 
life. However, a young man, a native Washingtonian, had other ideas.
  Joshua Crupi and Delores Ellington were married on March 30, 1948, in 
Forestville, Maryland, and took the first step on a long, challenging, 
and successful life's journey together. This journey has seen many 
events: happy, exciting, sad and bittersweet.
  Mr. and Mrs. Crupi are the parents of four children: Patricia J. 
Slater of Alexandria, Virginia; C. Steven Crupi of Havelock, North 
Carolina; Pamela C. White of Mystic, Connecticut; and J. Gregory Crupi 
of Edgewater, Maryland. In addition, they have a daughter-in-law, 
Christine, and a son-in-law.
  The lights of their lives are their seven wonderful grandchildren: 
Randa and James Slater; Adam, Timothy and Kelly Crupi; and, Danielle 
and Alexander White. Mr. and Mrs. Crupi delight in spending time with 
their grandchildren and take great pleasure in the privilege of 
grandparents everywhere--spoiling their grandchildren.
  Mr. Crupi is retired from the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol's Senate Carpenter Shop; Mrs. Crupi is employed by the National 
Star Route Mail Contractors Association here in Washington.
  Both Mr. and Mrs. Crupi are active members of Electra Chapter No. 2, 
O.E.S., of the District of Columbia.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in extending our very 
best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Crupi and our hope that they may 
share many more years of happiness and health. They are a wonderful 
example of the very best our country has to offer and a shining example 
to us all