[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E501]
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                   TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR VALENTINE YAROCH

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 18, 2003

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of 
Arthur Valentine Yaroch, who passed away March 5, 2003, at the age of 
73. Mr. Yaroch, who served with distinction as the director of finance 
for the City of Mobile under former Mayor Arthur Outlaw, was a pillar 
of the Mobile community and will be deeply missed.
  Art Yaroch, a native of Detroit, was a longtime resident of Mobile 
and Ono Island. After earning a bachelor's degree in business 
administration, he worked as a member of the controller's staff at 
Uniroyal Tire Co. and then as a comptroller with Borden, Inc. Art then 
moved to Mobile and became the executive vice president of Colonial 
Sugars.
  In March 1989, Art was appointed as the City of Mobile's finance 
director and resigned at the end of that year. He also served on the 
board of directors of The Lighthouse, as membership chairman of the 
Baldwin County Republican Party and as treasurer of the Pleasure Island 
Republican club. Art Yaroch was a devoted parishioner of St. Thomas by 
the Sea Catholic Church in Orange Beach where he was an usher and past 
member of the parish council.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor to pay tribute to the life of Art 
Yaroch. He was my friend and he will be sorely missed by all who knew 
him. Art is survived by his lovely wife, Isabel; two sons, Arthur and 
Steven; two daughters, Lauri Ann Grove and Susan Courtney; two 
brothers; two sisters and eight grandchildren. I would like to extend 
my prayers and deepest sympathies to his entire family and many 
friends.

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