[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 16, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E23]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MRS. MARGUERITE CANTINI

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                             HON. RON KLEIN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 16, 2008

  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Mrs. Marguerite 
Cantini of Fort Lauderdale, FL, who will turn 100 years old on January 
25, 2008.
  Mrs. Cantini is the paradigm of her generation. Her parents 
immigrated to the United States, making her the first generation of her 
family to be born on U.S. soil. She was the second daughter to her 
parents, Edgar and Thea Barbe, who had recently arrived in New York. 
The family moved to California and then returned to the East Coast.
  In 1936, she married Raphael S. Cantini, a surgeon from New Jersey, 
and together, they raised a family. She dedicated her life to the 
welfare and happiness of those around her. The American people can look 
to Mrs. Cantini as a model for family values.
  Mrs. Cantini has always lived a graceful and creative life, and 
throughout her 100 years, she has excelled in flower arranging and 
drawing. She would create doll houses out of cardboard with her 
grandchildren and especially enjoyed making paper dolls and all their 
clothing for her granddaughters.
  I join her family and friends in wishing Mrs. Marguerite Cantini a 
very happy birthday.

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