[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO PETER H. MACLEARIE

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 9, 2000

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it is with profound sadness that I rise to 
mark the passing of Mr. Peter H. Maclearie of Spring Lake Heights, NJ, 
who died on Wednesday, December 8, 1999, at the age of 68.
  Mr. Maclearie was an outstanding leader in the Jersey Shore 
community, contributing his talents and energies in both the public and 
private sectors. He served as the Mayor of Spring Lake Heights for two 
terms, from 1970 to 1976, having previously been a Borough Councilman 
from 1963 to 1970. Mr. Maclearie also served as an incorporater and 
member of the Board of Directors of Allaire Community Bank in Wall, NJ. 
He was responsible for obtaining federal grants for the development of 
the Spring Lake Community Center. Among his other contributions to the 
betterment of our community, Mr. Maclearie was a founding member and 
past chairman of the South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority. He 
served on various committees of the New Jersey League of Municipalities 
and was a member of the New Jersey Conference of Mayors and an honorary 
member of the Municipal Clerks Association.
  Indeed, Mr. Speaker, it seems as though politics and community 
service must be in the Maclearie blood. Mr. Maclearie's father was the 
Mayor of Belmar, NJ, for 36 years, including a period of time when 
father and son were mayor simultaneously in adjoining boroughs. His 
sons, Peter and Paul, are currently municipal councilmen in Tinton 
Falls, NJ, and Spring Lake Heights, respectively.
  Mr. Maclearie was also the president of Coded Systems Corp., which he 
founded in 1971. His firm specialized in codifying municipal ordinances 
throughout New Jersey and many other states. He also was the founder 
and president of Maclearie Printing of Wall, NJ.
  A communicant of St. Catharine's Roman Catholic Church in Spring 
Lake, NJ, Mr. Maclearie also was a member of the church's Finance 
Committee. He was a member of the Wall Rotary Club, the Belmar Fishing 
Club, the Spring Lake Golf Club, the Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna 
Club, and the 200 Club of Monmouth County. He was a charter member of 
the Manasquan Elks Lodge and the Spring Lake Area Chapter of Deborah 
Heart and Lung Center.
  Born in Asbury Park, NJ, Mr. Maclearie lived in Belmar before moving 
to Spring Lake Heights 42 years ago. He was an Army veteran of the 
Korean War, serving as a combat photographer. He was a member of the 
Spring Lake Post of the American Legion, a life member of the Asbury 
Park Post Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Richard Skoluda Chapter of 
Disabled American Veterans, Spring Lake Heights.
  Despite his numerous commitments, Mr. Maclearie found time to enjoy 
life with his family, to dote on his grandchildren, to pursue such 
hobbies as fishing, boating, camping, practical jokes--and, of course, 
politics. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Florence Yesville 
Maclearie; three sons and daughters-in-law, Peter and Ann of Tinton 
Falls, Paul and Eileen of Spring Lake Heights, and James and Nancye of 
Toms River, NJ; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Michelle and 
Christopher Wood of Spring Lake Heights, Nancy and Matt Hayduk, also of 
Spring Lake Heights, Cathleen of San Francisco, California, and Mary 
Beth and Drew Smith of Phoenix, Arizona; a brother, Timothy of Ocean 
Grove, NJ; two sisters, Jean Boda of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and 
Judy Gray of Maine; and 10 grandchildren.
  In keeping with Mr. Maclearie's dedication to the cause of helping 
others, his family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be 
made to the Deborah Heart and Lung Center or the Peter H. Maclearie 
Scholarship Fund in Spring Lake Heights.
  Mr. Speaker, the Maclearie family is obviously devastated by his 
loss, as are his many, many friends. I hope that they will find comfort 
in the many good wishes from people all over, and from the knowledge 
that Mr. Maclearie did all that he could to make his community a better 
place.

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