[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DR. SAMUEL F. PETRAGLIA

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                      HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR.

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today, I was deeply saddened to hear of 
the passing of my dear friend, Dr. Samuel F. Petraglia.
  Dr. Petraglia, a decorated World War II veteran, was a family 
physician for forty-two years and an upstanding citizen of the 
community. He was the first Italian doctor to establish a practice in 
Poland, Ohio.
  Dr. Petraglia was a very dedicated physician who never refused to 
treat a patient because they were unable to afford his services. He was 
also one of the few remaining physicians willing to make house calls to 
patients who were incapacitated.
  Dr. Petraglia served on the staff of St. Elizabeth Health Care Center 
and the adjunct staff of Northeast Ohio Universities College of 
Medicine. I send my deepest regrets and sympathy to his wife and to his 
family. May God bless them.




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