[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2373]
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                      IN MEMORY OF SUSAN M. FAGAN

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                            HON. DAVE WELDON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 20, 2001

  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the life 
and service of Susan M. Fagan, a Peace Corps volunteer, who lost her 
life after serving in Ghana in November. At the time of her death, 
Susan was visiting her family in Ohio. The cause of death is believed 
to be malaria.
  Mrs. Fagan, of Barefoot Bay, Florida, had served in the Peace Corps 
from November 29, 1999, to November 2, 2001, in Akwida, Ghana, where 
she started tourist management committees so that the villagers could 
benefit directly from the burgeoning tourist industry in Ghana. Before 
completing her service, Susan had developed and presented to the Ghana 
Tourist Board a longterm plan for promoting tourism in the Akwida 
region. Thanks to Susan's hard work, that plan is being utilized today.
  Susan is survived by her father, William Wilson, her stepmother, 
Linda Wilson, her sisters, Debra Moore and Shelby Wilson, and 
stepbrothers, Terry and Brandan Zastrow. A memorial service was 
conducted in East Liverpool, Ohio, on Thursday, December 6, 2001. A 
second memorial service was held in Florida on December 13, 2001. Susan 
is also survived by her deceased husband's family, father and mother-
in-law, Raymond and Dona Fagan, brother-in-law, William Fagan, and 
sister-in-law, Dori Ziomek.
  Susan embodied the best traditions of Peace Corps Volunteers, and her 
life and work will be deeply missed by all who knew and worked with 
her. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. In 
memory of Susan Fagan, the Peace Corps flag was flown at half-staff on 
December 6, 2001.
  Susan helped the people of interested countries and helped promote a 
better understanding of Americans on the part of the people she served. 
Susan always saw the humor in a situation and never allowed the 
frustrating things about living in a developing country get her down. 
She considered herself very lucky to have had such an opportunity.
  ``I am very proud to say that Susan's life embodied the Peace Corps 
goals,'' said Ghana Country Director Leonard Floyd. We will all miss 
her--her family, friends, the Peace Corps staff, the Peace Corps 
Volunteers and all of the people who considered her a friend and family 
in her Ghana home of Akwida.'' Indeed, her example will continue to 
inspire us.

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