[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1793]
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                TRIBUTE TO AUSTIN MALCOLM ``MIKE'' ALLEN

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                       HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 21, 2006

  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the extraordinary 
life of Austin Malcolm ``Mike'' Allen, former Mayor of Northville, 
Michigan, and mourn his passing at the age of 91.
  For more than nine decades, Mike served the people of the City of 
Northville, where we served as its Mayor from 1958-1978. Born on 
October 3, 1914, he left his world on September 9, 2006. In his 
magnificent life, Mike embodied the virtues of honesty and duty--and 
good old fashioned common sense--for which he was widely admired and 
never equaled. (Though, admittedly, few tried to emulate his love of 
suspenders!)
  Mike is survived by his wife, Betty; his children, Jim, Sharon, and 
Patricia; and his siblings, Doris, Naomi, Jerome, Flora, and Hoy. He 
will be remembered for his witty sense of humor, unfaltering 
dependability, and endearing concern for others. Mike touched everyone 
he met; and, by his absence, we are all diminished.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Austin 
Malcolm ``Mike'' Allen for his lifetime of dedication and service to 
his fellow human beings.

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