[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 54 (Friday, May 3, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ROSE E. GRIMALDI

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                             HON. JIM DAVIS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 2, 2002

  Mr. DAVIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of the late Rose 
E. Grimaldi, a longtime Tampa businesswoman and community leader whose 
love of life and dedication to her family and hometown is an 
inspiration to us all.
  For 30 years, Rose worked as an insurance agent and general manager 
for Grimaldi and Grimaldi Insurance Agency, and she later served as a 
chairwoman of the board for Columbia Bank of Tampa for 18 years. In 
1987, Hispanic Heritage Inc. honored her with the Business Women of the 
Year Award.
  Rose, however, was best known for her service to the Tampa Bay 
community, and in particular, her great interest in helping Tampa's 
young people. Rose was a founding member of the Girls Club of Tampa 
Bay, the Hillsborough County Community Mental Health Center and the 
Visiting Nurses Association of Tampa. She was also active in the All 
Children's Hospital Guild, the Red Cross Angels and the Gulf Coast Lung 
Association. In 1987, the National Conference of Christians and Jews 
honored Rose for her commitment to service by giving her the Silver 
Medallion Award.
  Rose, never one to tire easily, still found time to participate in 
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church programs and a multitude of social 
events. Through these and her many other activities, Rose truly had a 
friend in every corner of the community, and she was known and admired 
by all for her warm heart and boundless energy.
  On behalf of the Tampa Bay community, I would like to extend my 
deepest sympathies to Rose's family--her 3 children, 12 grandchildren, 
and 10 great-grandchildren. They have truly been blessed to have such a 
wonderful, loving role model as a matriarch, and our community is a 
much better place because of Rose.

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