[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 111 (Thursday, September 5, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1519-E1520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE LIVES OF JOHN WALTER REDFUD AND PETER DAUTERIVE

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                          HON. DIANE E. WATSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 5, 2002

  Ms. WATSON of California. Mr. Speaker, this past August, two 
distinguished citizens and close friends of mine passed away. I would 
like to honor their lives by submitting their obituaries into the 
Congressional Record.

                Honoring the Life of John Walter Redfud

       John Walter Redfud, born September 20, 1914, in Houston, 
     Texas, was the second of four children born to John Walter 
     Redfud, Sr., and Lillie Livingston Redfud. His parents, 
     sister (Kathryn) and brothers, (Augustus and Paul) preceded 
     him in death. He was reared in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He 
     graduated from Second Ward High School.
       John graduated in 1938 from Southern University in Baton 
     Rouge, Louisiana with a B.S. in Liberal Arts. In 1947 he 
     received a M.A. Degree from the University of Southern 
     California (U.S.C.) and an Accreditation for School 
     Administration from California State University.
       As a college student, John sang in the mixed glee club. He 
     was a talented athlete, lettering in two sports for three 
     years. In his senior year, he was captain of his football 
     team and co-captain of his basketball team. In 1990 he was 
     inducted into the Southern University Sports Hall of Fame for 
     both sports.
       Later, he assisted the Los Angeles Kappa Chapter in earning 
     many trophies during the early years of Inter-Fraternal 
     Basketball Tournaments.
       After graduation from Southern University, John was 
     employed for four years as a classroom teacher and coach of 
     the football and basketball teams of Central High School in 
     Bogalusa, Louisiana. Two of his football teams were State 
     champions. He also coached football and basketball at Webster 
     Parish High School in Louisiana.
       John arrived in California in 1943 where his employment 
     included: service as a Deputy Probation Officer (recurrent) 
     for ten years; counselor for the California Youth Authority, 
     Juvenile Hall and Avalon Community Center; and various 
     assignments in the field of education.
       He retired in 1983 as principal of Adult Education in the 
     Compton Unified School District after thirty-three years, 
     seventeen of those years as a classroom teacher at 
     Willowbrook Junior High and Centennial High School and 
     sixteen in Adult Education Administration. (Note: John 
     Redfud's ability to remember names was phenomenal. His 
     participation in the first three years of the graduation 
     ceremonies at Centennial High School would show case this 
     remarkable ability. He called each graduate to come forth and 
     receive their diploma by their name without the use of any 
     notes or papers.)
       He taught principles of Adult Education for the University 
     of California at Los Angeles, (UCLA) extension and received 
     the Freedom Foundation Award from Valley Forge Pennsylvania 
     for classroom teaching.
       A devout Catholic, John was previously a member of St. Paul 
     Catholic Church, serving as an usher for twenty years, and 
     was a member of St. Peter Claver, serving two years as 
     president. He joined St. Eugene Church in 1975.
       On August 10, 1944, John married Genevieve Taylor, his 
     beloved wife of fifty-eight

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     years. Three children were born to this union; a daughter, 
     Yolanda Lyllye; sons: Duane Walter, (a Kappa) and Damon 
     Anthony. The family traveled often and extensively together 
     throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. After the 
     children were grown, John and Genevieve traveled to Europe, 
     Asia, South America and Africa.
       John was a life member of Southern University Alumni 
     Federation, a foundation member and past president of the Los 
     Angeles Alumni Chapter, member of NEA, CTA, United Negro 
     College Fund, (UNFC) and the Lake Charles Club.
       Also, John was a life member 71-510 of the Kappa Alpha Psi 
     Fraternity; initiated in 1938 into Alpha Sigma Chapter at 
     Southern University. He participated in the under graduate 
     chapter of USC and joined with graduates of Los Angeles 
     Alumni Chapter when it was reactivated after World War II. He 
     was a past Polemarch and was always active in fund raising, 
     reclamation and recruiting. John assisted in the chartering 
     of the first campus based chapter in San Diego. He 
     accompanied and assisted then Province Polemarch, Edgar 
     Bishop, (Elder Diggs Awardee), in the chartering of a chapter 
     in Okinawa, Japan. Additionally, he was a contributor to the 
     Western Province Foundation, Inc. and was a member of the 
     Kappa Million Dollar Club, always ready to contribute in 
     anyway to Kappa causes.
       An annual high school scholarship is awarded to a St. 
     Eugene student in John's name from funds donated by family, 
     former students and friends in celebration of his 80th 
     birthday. Another scholarship is given in his name at 
     Southgate High School for one of his former students.
       John departed this life on August 25, 2002 at 6:45 a.m. 
     during hospitalization at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital 
     located in West Los Angeles.
       He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife, Genevieve; 
     daughter, Yolanda Lyllye; sons, Duane W. and Damon A.; 
     grandchildren, Danzio, Nickolas and NoraLena; great 
     granddaughter, Danish; one nephew, John Paul Redfud, one 
     niece, Gwendolyn Redfud-James (McDonald James), sister in-
     law, Matilda Redfud, five brothers in-law; nine sisters-in 
     law; many Redfud and Livingston descendants, cousins, 
     relatives, friends, former students, co-workers and 
     fraternity brothers who loved him profoundly. It goes without 
     saying that John Redfud will always be remembered as ``Mr. 
     Redfud'' the teacher who made a difference.
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                  HONORING THE LIFE OF PETER DAUTERIVE

       Peter W. Dauterive, born in New Orleans, Louisiana departed 
     this life on August 16, 2002 in Los Angeles, California due 
     to natural causes. He was 83.
       Mr. Dauterive was an executive with Broadway Federal 
     Savings & Loan for 23 years, rising to the position of 
     executive vice president.
       In 1972 he was the founding President and Chief Executive 
     Officer of Founders Savings & Loan Association, which bought 
     the Santa Barbara Avenue branch of Santa Barbara Savings. 
     After Mr. Dauterive stepped down in 1986, he formed the Peter 
     W. Dauterive & Associates property management firm.
       Active in the Republican Party, Mr. Dauterive served as a 
     national convention delegate from 1976 through 1996 and 
     served on the Republican National Committee, the California 
     Golden Circle, the Ronald Reagan 10 Club and the President's 
     Committee of Citizens for the Republic. He was chairman of 
     the Metropolitan Los Angeles Lincoln Club and Finance Vice 
     Chairman of the State Committee to Elect the President.
       He also served as a director of the California Savings and 
     Loan League and director and president of the American 
     Savings and Loan League. Reagan named him to the National 
     Commission for Employment Policy, and he also served on 
     several state commissions, including the California Economic 
     Development Corporation.
       At the time of his death, Mr. Dauterive was a director of 
     the California Science Center in Exposition Park, a trustee 
     of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association and a trustee of 
     the Children's Bureau Foundation of Southern California. He 
     was also active in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 
     Commission, the Los Angeles Figueroa Corridor and the Access 
     to Loans for Learning Student Loan Corporation. He was a 
     director of the Los Angeles County Health Facilities 
     Authority Commission.
       Dauterive was highly respected in the business community 
     and helped break racial barriers in many areas. In 1964, he 
     became one of the first three African-Americans admitted to 
     the previously all-white Western avenue Golf Club after the 
     late Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and colleagues ordered a halt to 
     discrimination on county golf courses.
       Peter Dauterive is survived by his wife, Verna, principal 
     of Franklin Avenue Elementary School

     

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