[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 39 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E437-E438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN MEMORY OF LT. COL. EDWARD FRANK FIORA, JR.

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 22, 2001

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of Representatives of the passing of my good friend Lt. Col. Ed 
Fiora, a resident of Lexington, Missouri. He was 68.
  Ed, a son of the late Edward Frank Fiora, Sr. and Mary Laura Fiora, 
was born in Lexington, Missouri, on December 9, 1932. He married Clara 
E. Sander on June 18, 1954.
  Ed was an officer in the United States Army for over 22 years and was 
truly a soldier's soldier. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and 
was highly decorated. His military awards include: the Bronze Star, 
with four oakleaf clusters, the first oakleaf cluster being for valor, 
the Air medal, the Meritorious Service medal, the Army Commendation 
medal, the

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Combat Infantrymen badge, the National Defense Service medal and the 
Vietnam Campaign medal. Ed was a civic leader and model citizen. He was 
a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Lexington 
Elks Club, the Lexington Lions Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and 
the American Legion.
  Mr. Speaker, Ed Fiora will be greatly missed by all who knew him. I 
know the Members of the House will join in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family: his wife Clara ``Betsy''; his son and 
daughter-in-law Major and Mrs. Edward L. Fiora; his sister Florine 
Frerking; and his grandchildren.

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