[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     IN APPRECIATION OF MILLBRAE CITY TREASURER MARY VELLA TRESELER

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                          HON. JACKIE SPEIER-

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 8, 2009

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, this evening the city of Millbrae, 
California will say thank you and farewell to a true public resource as 
City Treasurer Mary Vella Treseler retires from the post she has held 
for eight years.
  Mary Vella Treseler was elected by the voters of Millbrae in 2001 and 
re-elected four years later. She brought thirty years of experience in 
the banking industry to her job and helped guide the city through the 
many challenges that local governments have had to deal with in recent 
years.
  This City Treasurer, however, serves her community in many ways. She 
has donated her time and talents to the Constitution Bicentennial 
Planning Committee, Millbrae Beautification Commission and Public 
Access Television Committee. Ms. Treseler also took an active part as a 
member of the Mayor's Civic Coordinating Council and Millbrae's Smoking 
Ordinance and 50th Anniversary Committees. In addition, she represented 
Millbrae on the San Mateo County Sesquicentennial Committee and was 
President of Soroptimist International of Millbrae-San Bruno. As if 
that is not enough, Mary has somehow found the time to serve as 
President of the Millbrae Historical Society for the past eight years.
  As should be expected, Mary is no stranger to civic honors. She was 
named ``Millbrae Woman of the Year'' in 1999 and is the recipient of 
the Millbrae Historical Society's ``Living History Award.''
   Mary moved to Millbrae in 1977, where she and her husband, Joseph 
Amoroso, raised their children, Adonna and Joseph Raymond, in Millbrae 
schools. Sadly, Mary was widowed in 1985. Her response was to get more 
involved in her community, which began her quarter-century of service 
to Millbrae. In 1990, Mary married then-Mayor Robert Treseler and her 
involvement in local government increased. So, too, did her family as 
Mary embraced the addition of step-children Robert Jr, William, James 
and Catherine. Sadly, we lost Mayor Treseler two years ago.
  Madam Speaker, this is a remarkable woman with boundless energy and a 
passionate interest in her community. On behalf of my colleagues in the 
United States House of Representatives, I want to thank City Treasurer 
Mary Vella Treseler for her longtime service to the people of Millbrae 
and to our nation.

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