[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 135 (Saturday, November 20, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO LOTTE BRESNITZ

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 19, 2004

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to mourn the passing of a kind and 
caring woman from my district. Lotte Bresnitz, a longtime community 
activist and dedicated nurse recently passed away at the age of eighty-
five in Aspen, Colorado. She was a kind and generous soul and it is a 
privilege to recognize her life and service before this body of 
Congress and this Nation today.
  Lotte was born in Nuremberg, Germany and immigrated to the United 
States in 1938, where she made her home in Cincinnati. She studied to 
become a registered nurse, and during her studies met and eventually 
married Kurt Bresnitz. After Kurt was honorably discharged from the 
U.S. Army, the couple moved to Denver where Lotte took a job as the 
head nurse in the emergency room at Rose Memorial Hospital. In 1950, 
while Lotte and Kurt were on vacation in Aspen, they fell in love with 
the town and decided to relocate. Lotte worked as the head nurse at the 
Aspen Hospital and Kurt opened a Jewelry Store. After the birth of 
their two children, John and Carol, Lotte retired to become a full-time 
mother and continued to volunteer with organizations like the League of 
Women Voters, and the Senior Citizens Council.
  Mr. Speaker, Lotte Bresnitz was an endearing woman whose five decades 
of volunteer work throughout the Aspen community made her one of the 
most recognizable faces in the area. I am honored to stand before this 
body of Congress and this Nation today to recognize her outstanding 
record of service. My thoughts and prayers go out to her friends and 
family at this difficult time of bereavement.

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