[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E829]
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                      TRIBUTE TO MARTHA KRUETZMANN

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 6, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Martha 
Kruetzmann on the celebration of her 100th birthday on April 2, 2008.
  Martha was born on April 2, 1908 to Peter and Lydia Wigand in 
Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She was one of four brothers and three sisters. 
Martha was married to the late Reverend A.I. Kruetzmann and has three 
children, Eileen, Evelyn, and Edith; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-
grandchildren. She currently lives at the Hubbard Care Center in 
Hubbard, Iowa.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred years. Since Martha'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. Martha has lived 
through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-four Governors of 
Iowa. And, in her lifetime, the population of the United States has 
more than tripled.
  I congratulate Martha Kruetzmann for reaching this milestone of a 
birthday. I am extremely honored to represent Martha in the United 
States Congress and I wish her happiness and health for many years to 
come.

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