[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 94 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO SHEILA MARY SULLIVAN PETERSON

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 9, 2008

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy 
of Sheila Mary Sullivan Peterson who passed away on May 22, 2008 in her 
home in Menlo Park, California. She leaves behind her beloved husband 
Ronald C. Peterson and her children, Molly, Kathleen, and Michael.
  The eldest daughter of justice Raymond L. Sullivan and Winifred 
Carreras Sullivan of San Francisco, Shelia dedicated her life to 
education and the improvement of the lives of others. A former trustee 
of Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton and a recipient of the St. 
Madeleine Sophie Award for service to the schools, she was a blue-
ribbon graduate of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Atherton and a 
graduate of Lone Mountain, the San Francisco College for Women. She 
taught at Winfield Scott and Alamo schools in San Francisco and was a 
member of the Catholic Community at Stanford.
  In addition to all those who loved her in the community and in the 
classrooms, she was the beloved sister of R. Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., 
Philip Sullivan, Mary Ward, and Mother Agnes of the Cross O.C.D. 
(Patricia Sullivan), a wonderful sister-in-law and aunt to numerous 
Peters, Sullivans, and Wards; a close cousin to members of the Wade, 
Carreras, and Sullivan families.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in honoring the life of Sheila Mary Sullivan Peterson and extend our 
sympathy to her family. Through her many contributions to her family, 
friends, students, and community she has left a lasting legacy of love, 
faith, and mentorship which will never be forgotten and which will live 
forever in all of us blessed to have known her. She graced our lives 
and our community, made our country better and now enhances the heavens 
with her presence.

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