[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E591-E592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       A TRIBUTE TO WINI HURLBERT

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 24, 2001

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life 
of a pillar of the community, Mrs. Jean Winifred Hurlbert. Wini 
Hurlbert was an active member of many groups, organizations and 
movements in Pacific Grove and the Monterey Peninsula community in my 
district. Mrs. Hurlbert passed away recently, surrounded by friends and 
family, at the age of 94.
  Mrs. Hurlbert and her husband, Elgin ``Oxy'' Hurlbert, a retired Navy 
captain, were lively members of the town of Pacific Grove for almost 
their entire lives. Wini began her life on the peninsula when she was 
17, working at a summer retreat center, and quickly became a fixture to 
those who knew her. She moved to the area full time in the 1920's, and 
began a teaching career at Pacific Grove Grammar School, and it was 
there that she met her future husband. She was a dedicated teacher and 
educator who was instrumental in starting the preschool program in 
Pacific Grove, as well as being active in both the Girl Scouts and Boy 
Scouts.
  Along with her devotion to teaching, Wini was an inspiring 
conservationist. She was an active member of the Monterey Peninsula 
Audubon Society, the Sierra Club, the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural 
History Association, and was also a member of The Nature Conservancy, 
American Birding Association, Hawk Mountain Society, the California 
Native Plant Society, and the Wilderness Society. Her community 
interests did not end there, as she was also active in the Friends of 
the Pacific Grove Library, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Battle of 
the Coral Sea Association, the Monterey

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Peninsula Community Concert Association and the Monterey Peninsula 
Choral Society.
  Mrs. Hurlbert was a warm and gracious person who touched so many 
lives throughout the 20th Century. Her presence will not soon be 
forgotten, and she is missed by everyone who knew her, especially her 
son, Jerry Hurlbert of Weaverville, California; her daughter, Jean 
Jorgensen of Jackson, Wyoming; eight grandchildren; ten great-
grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

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