[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E181]
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                       IN MEMORY OF JULIA ABRAMS

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 11, 2003

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Julia Abrams, widow of former Army chief of staff 
General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
  Mrs. Abrams was born in Drummondville, Quebec. She was married to 
General Abrams in the summer of 1936 after they met while she was a 
junior at Vassar College and he was a cadet at the United States 
Military Academy at West Point.
  Mrs. Abrams founded the Arlington Ladies in the early 1970's. This 
group of women attended graveside internment services at Arlington 
National Cemetery and they also wrote notes of condolence and offered 
support. She was also honorary first lady of the U.S. Armor 
Association, a member of the executive council of the National Girl 
Scouts of America and a member of the National Military Families 
Association.
  Mrs. Abrams accompanied her husband to overseas assignments and lived 
in Germany and Thailand. While in Thailand, she did volunteer work for 
Mitradab, a Thai-U.S. foundation chartered for school construction in 
rural Thailand.
  Mr. Speaker, Julia Abrams was truly a lovely lady. She was a role 
model for Army wives and helped them cope with day to day military 
life. I know the Members of the House will join me in extending 
heartfelt condolences to her family: her three sons, Brigadier General 
Creighton Williams Abrams III, USA, Retired; General John Nelson 
Abrams, USA, Retired; and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bruce Abrams, USA 
and her three daughters, Noel Bradley, Jeanne Daley and Elizabeth 
Doyle.

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