[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 151 (Monday, November 1, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2231-E2232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO ANN MELLON

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 1, 1999

  Mr. McGOVERN.  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the life of a great 
American, Ann Mellon, from my hometown, Worcester, Massachusetts. Ann 
was an amazing woman. She

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was known throughout the community as mother to all those in need, 
loving all children no matter whose they were.
  Working with Catholic Charities she served as a foster mother to over 
116 children whom she loved with all her heart and being. It is my 
opinion that the whole world is a better place because of her work.
  A loving wife and mother, Ann was a nurse and caregiver to all those 
who needed care. She gave enduringly of herself, always with compassion 
and most of all love. She was a happy person, always laughing with the 
children she loved so dearly. Her door was always opened to the hungry. 
She was always able to provide them with a meal, a laugh, and a good 
dose of the best medicine of all, the medicine of the heart. Mr. 
Speaker, today I join her family and friends, as well as the entire 
Worcester community, in mourning her passing.

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