[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 107 (Thursday, June 26, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING LOYD AND PHYLLIS MUSGRAVE

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                        HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 26, 2008

  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Loyd and Phyllis 
Musgrave, who are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.
  Loyd and Phyllis Musgrave grew up in southeastern Colorado. Both of 
their families were homesteaders, living in a small community about 25 
miles south of Fort Morgan. They met as children, when attending Sunday 
school together in a one-room schoolhouse. Later, both attended Fort 
Morgan High School.
  Phyllis laughingly recalls that Loyd proposed to her several times, 
but each time she told him ``I'll have to talk to my mother about 
that.'' When she finally did get around to speaking to her mom, he 
didn't bring up the subject again. She became impatient and decided to 
broach the subject herself ``Loyd has always teased me that I proposed 
to him,'' Phyllis says.
  On May 27, 1938, only one day after Phyllis graduated from high 
school, they were married. Afterwards, they moved to a farm near Hoyt, 
Colorado, and by the late 1940s, they completed the house where they 
continue to live today.
  Loyd and Phyllis have 2 sons, Jerard and Larry, who both live in 
Colorado, 6 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.
  Phyllis recalls all the fun that she and Loyd have had together over 
the years. ``We did a lot of traveling,'' she said, including trips to 
Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii. The only states they haven't explored are 
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
  The couple's life motto is Matthew 6:33: ``But seek ye first the 
kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be 
added unto you.'' They have always been active in their local church, 
and today they remain involved in Hoyt Community Sunday School.
  I want to congratulate Loyd and Phyllis Musgrave on their 70 years of 
marriage, and to thank them for the blessing they have been to their 
family and community.

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