[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 97 (Thursday, June 12, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         H.R. 6229 MAYOR WILLIAM ``BILL'' SANDBERG POST OFFICE

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2008

  Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota. Madam Speaker, I have the pleasure of 
introducing H.R. 6229, legislation to name the Post Office located at 
2523 7th Avenue East in North Saint Paul after Mayor William ``Bill'' 
Sandberg, the longtime Mayor of North Saint Paul, Minnesota.
  Bill Sandberg was born in 1932 in the Selby-Grand neighborhood of 
Saint Paul. His family later moved to North Saint Paul, where he lived 
the remainder of his life. He graduated from North Saint Paul High 
School in 1950 and the University of Minnesota in 1954. After serving 
in the Army in the 1950s, Bill joined the family business, Sandberg 
Funeral Home in North St. Paul as funeral director. He later served as 
an associate of Johnson-Peterson Funeral Home of St. Paul and White 
Bear Lake and was active in the Minnesota Funeral Directors Association 
and a Heritage Club member of the National Funeral Directors 
Association (NFDA). Throughout his career, Bill was a well respected 
business owner and a leader in the small business community.
  Bill Sandberg was first elected Mayor of North Saint Paul in 1978, 
reelected for seven more terms, and served with honor and distinction 
until his passing on April 20, 2008. Throughout his 30 year career as 
Mayor, he brought people together to solve divisive issues such as the 
reconstruction of Highway 36 because he always put public service, 
common sense, and the citizens of North Saint Paul first. As a man of 
strong religious faith, Bill organized Mayor's Prayer Breakfasts where 
people of all faiths could come together to celebrate community and 
support one another.
  I want to thank the entire Minnesota Delegation for cosponsoring this 
legislation that pays tribute to a dedicated public servant, wonderful 
human being, and dear friend and mentor. Those of us who knew Bill also 
know well his loving devotion to his wife Dolores, daughter Karen, and 
grandchildren Carolyn and William.

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