[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 4, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E866]
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                      IN MEMORY OF PAT CIMMARUSTI

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 4, 2005

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Pat 
Cimmarusti, who died this past week after 87 years of service to his 
family, community and Nation.
  I have known Pat for more than 30 years, and he has been a good 
friend to my wife, Janice, and me.
  Pat was born in Santa Monica, California, on January 16, 1918. After 
service in the U.S. Army, he and Ann Smaldino married on June 7, 1942. 
They celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary last year.
  Pat and Ann's first home together was a farm in Malibu, but as they 
began a family Pat opened a plumbing and contracting business and they 
settled in Los Angeles. In 1974, they opened an Italian grocery store 
and vegetable market in Hollywood with their three children. The store 
and market were an extension of Pat's personality. He loved to cook 
steak dinners and make his own spaghetti sauce.
  He used to take his grandchildren to a farm in Oxnard to handpick 
tomatoes. The next day, Pat arose at 4 a.m. and began making spaghetti 
sauce. By the time family began to arrive, the sauce was halfway done 
and Pat was preparing lunch for his wife, children, seven grandchildren 
and two great-grandchildren. He had a hearty laugh, a warm smile, large 
brown eyes and great pride in his family.
  Community was also important to Pat. He was a member of the American 
Legion and Elks Club in Pasadena, a member of the Los Angeles Chapter 
of UNICO National and a member of the Sons of Italy in America. In 
2000, Pat was honored as one of the UNICO men of the year. He also was 
honored by Cardinal Roger Mahony.
  Among the events Pat cherished in his life was meeting President 
Ronald Reagan and being blessed, with his family, by Pope John Paul II 
in Rome. He equally cherished attending every sporting event and 
graduation his children and grandchildren were involved in. 
  Pat is survived by his wife, Ann; his children and their spouses, 
Loretta Cimmarusti Chicoine and her husband, Richard, and Lawrence and 
Amalia and Ralph and Hallie Cimmarusti; grandchildren, Patti Chicoine 
Nelson and her husband, Marc, and Patrick, Ralph, Annie, Larry, Paula 
and Loretta Cimmarusti; and great-grandchildren, Lauren and Grant 
Nelson.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me in expressing our 
condolences to Pat's family and in honoring his loving service to 
family, community and Nation.

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