[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 95 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1488]
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                        IN HONOR OF EDNA KIMBRO

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2005

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Edna Kimbro, 
State Parks Historian and architectural conservator. On June 26, 2005, 
Edna Kimbro, 57, died of cancer at her Watsonville residence. She is 
survived by her husband Joe, sons David and Joey, brother Todd, and 
granddaughter Sakura.
  Ms. Kimbro was born on June 25, 1948. She graduated from the 
University of California Santa Cruz with a degree in Art History. In 
the 1970s, Kimbro bought the last remaining building of an early 
civilian Spanish settlement and began preserving it as best her 
finances would allow. In 1998 Kimbro, along with her husband and two 
sons, purchased a 150 year old adobe home in Watsonville, CA. To 
preserve the building, she traveled to Europe on a United Nations grant 
to study the earthquake resistant preservation of old mud brick based 
buildings. Sadly shortly after she returned home, the Lorna Prieta 
earthquake destroyed the 150 year old adobe home. This unfortunate 
event did not daunt her. Edna convinced State administrators to buy the 
damaged adobe, repair the damage, and create a State park.
  Mr. Speaker, I am joined by Edna Kimbro's family and mends to honor 
her life and contributions to the preservation of California's history. 
Her memory will always be preserved in our minds, just as the adobe 
structures she worked so tirelessly to preserve.

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