[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 127 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S10899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF PHYLLIS DUNN

 Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, today I celebrate the 
life of a beautiful Nebraskan on her 80th birthday.
  Phyllis Schroeder Dunn was born on August 18, 1927, in Grand Island, 
NE. She has called Grand Island her home ever since.
  With some help from her late husband Joseph Dunn, she gave birth to 
nine children, all at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. A 
graduate of the St. Francis School of Nursing, her career as an 
emergency and operating room nurse spanned five decades.
  Even as Phyllis Dunn celebrates her 80th birthday, she remains very 
active and is heavily involved in St. Leo's Catholic Church, her weekly 
quilting group at St. Mary's Cathedral, and following the exploits of 
her 16 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
  Her story is typical of lifelong Nebraskans who are known for living 
long, healthy, happy and productive lives.
  Nebraska is famous for being an agriculture state that helps feed the 
world but it is the people of Nebraska, like Phyllis Dunn, who are its 
heart and soul.

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