[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN MEMORY OF CHERIE LOVE

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 13, 2008

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, I rise in memory of my longtime friend, 
Cherie Willard Love. She passed away a couple of weeks ago but she will 
always be remembered by those she touched.
  And she touched many.
  Cherie was a Ventura County, California, native, having been born in 
Oxnard 76 years ago. After earning a bachelor's degree from Whittier 
College and a master's from La Verne College. Cherie embarked on a 
career as a kindergarten teacher. For the first twelve years, she 
taught in Oceano and San Luis Obispo, but then returned to her roots 
and taught in the Ventura Unified School District for the next 26 
years.
  Teaching was not a job to Cherie; it was her passion.
  That passion for her students and profession earned her recognition 
in October 1986 as the top teacher of the month by the Greater Ventura 
Chamber of Commerce's Youth and Education Committee. Outside the 
classroom, Cherie was an active member of the Philanthropic Education 
Organization, Alpha Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the California 
Retired Teacher's Association.
  Cherie also served as president of the Ventura Retired Teachers 
Association Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships to 
local college students studying for a career in education. As a final 
act toward her beloved profession. Cherie directed friends and 
relatives to donate to the fund in her memory.
  Cherie outlived two husbands. Don Crinklaw and Don Love, and a son, 
Bruce Crinklaw, but is survived by a host of other family, including 
her twin sister, Charlene Blalock-Carlson, and three other sisters, 
Carrie Perkins, Cyndie Huntsberger, and Sandy Elkhardt; daughters, 
Sharlee Villa and Carla Dennis; cousin, George Cady; and numerous 
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, I know my colleagues will join me in remembering 
Cherie Love's lifelong passion for education and her love of family and 
community and in offering our condolences to her family and friends.

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