[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO ANNA L. ORR

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 4, 2007

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Anna L. Orr 
on the recent celebration of her 100th birthday on December 1, 2007.
  Anna was born on December 1, 1907, in Wright County, Iowa. On July 
17, 1927, she married Enos Orr. Anna and Enos had 10 children and have 
132 direct descendants. Anna has traveled extensively during her 
lifetime and currently lives in her own home in Eagle Grove, Iowa. She 
loves going for walks to the local nursing home to visit with 
residents, fishing, and working in her garden.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred years. Since Anna's birth we have revolutionized air travel and 
walked on the moon. We have invented the television and the Internet. 
We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of Soviet 
Communism and the birth of new democracies. Anna has lived through 18 
U.S. Presidents and 24 Governors of Iowa and, in her lifetime, the 
population of the United States has more than tripled.
  I know that my colleagues in the United States Congress join me in 
sending warm wishes to Anna on the milestone of her 100th birthday. I 
am extremely honored to represent her in Congress, and I wish her 
happiness and health for many more years to come.