[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MR. JOHN JASON MARANO

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                         HON. JAMES H. MALONEY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 1998

  Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that 
I bring to the attention of the House of Representatives the passing of 
a young man in my Connecticut congressional district, Mr. John Jason 
Marano, who was involved in a tragic automobile accident on Tuesday, 
June 9, 1998.
  A life long resident of Waterbury, John had accomplished much in his 
all too brief twenty years of life. An outstanding student at Fairfield 
University, where he would have been a senior, John was a marketing 
major and had made the dean's list. He was also a very active member of 
the East Mountain Athletic Association where he was a softball coach, a 
baseball and softball umpire and where he also officiated at basketball 
games.
  John was a parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Church in Waterbury and 
attended St. Francis Xavier Grammar School, graduating in 1991. He also 
attended Holy Cross High School, graduating in 1995. While attending 
Holy Cross, John excelled in track and field, earning All-City honors 
as a pole vaulter.
  John Marano was a special young man who was admired and respected by 
all who knew him. Classmates, employers, neighbors, and others all 
respected him for his kindness, his giving nature and the joy he 
brought to so many people. During his short life, he touched many 
others and contributed to their well being.
  Besides his parents, John and Denise (Grant) Marano, John leaves a 
brother, Kevin; a sister, Jill; a paternal grandfather, Albert Marano; 
and a maternal grandmother, Irene Grant, all of Waterbury.
  Mr. Speaker, we grieve over the tragic loss of John Jason Marano; at 
the same time we celebrate the special grace his life brought to so 
many people, and we are thankful that we had, however briefly, an 
outstanding person like John Jason Marano in our lives.
  I want to express my personal condolences to John's family and extend 
to them the condolences of the entire U.S. House of Representatives.

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