[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H3855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              A TRIBUTE TO FRANK AND LUCRETIA FITZPATRICK

  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute 
to a great American family and a great American couple. Frank 
Fitzpatrick and his wife, Lucretia, prepare to celebrate their 50th 
wedding anniversary on May 29. They were married in 1950.
  Frank and Lucretia moved into Delaware County, where their four 
daughters were born; and like Frank and Lucretia they have been heavily 
involved in improving our community. Kathleen Coulston serves the 
deputy director of Court Services and Chief Probation Officer. Maureen 
Fitzpatrick serves as a judge in our Court of Common Pleas. Mary Alice 
Gallagher served as a former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania 
and is currently the compliance officer for Christiana Care Health 
System. Their daughter Lucretia Fitzpatrick gives back to our community 
as a medical doctor.
  I have had the opportunity to work with Frank in a number of 
capacities, and his wife has been steadfast behind him in all of his 
endeavors, both in the private sector, the public sector and serving on 
behalf of nonprofits throughout Pennsylvania and throughout America. In 
fact, it was Frank Fitzpatrick's first position, where he worked right 
here on the Hill as the chief of staff for one of my predecessors.
  I ask my colleagues to join with me in this celebration of America 
and a great American couple. Frank and Lucretia, happy 50th.

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