[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN MEMORY OF CORNELIUS E. MAREK, JR., BELOVED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 4, 2010

  Mr. ANDREWS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and memory 
of Cornelius E. Marek, Jr., of Morris Plains, New Jersey, who passed 
away on March 14, 2010. Mr. Marek's contributions should not go 
unrecognized.
  Mr. Marek, the son of Cornelius Marek, Sr., and Grace Bowden-Marek, 
was born January 28, 1942, in Morris Plains, New Jersey. He served in 
the United States Army from 1964 until 1966 as a private first class 
prior to attaining his associates degree from the County College of 
Morris in 1968.
  Mr. Marek dedicated his career to improving healthcare in New Jersey. 
He worked for Healthcare Materials Purchasing at Morristown Memorial 
Hospital from 1970 to 1980 before becoming Vice President of Purchasing 
at the New Jersey Hospital Association. Mr. Marek then joined FJD 
Ventures in 1994 before retiring in 2005. He came out of retirement to 
work for Liberty Health in Secaucus, NJ, from 2008 until 2010. In 
addition, Mr. Marek was a member and president of the Hospital 
Materials Management Society of New Jersey. Mr. Marek inspired all 
those around him and has passed along his love of politics, reading, 
and classic movies to his children and grandchildren.
  He was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and bravely fought the disease 
for 2 years, continuing to work full time at Liberty Health until 
January of 2010 and serving on the Board of Hospital Materials 
Management Society of New Jersey until March 3rd of 2010. He passed 
quietly in his sleep on the morning of March 14 surrounded by family 
and friends and was laid to rest next to his mother and father at 
Greenwood Cemetery in Boonton, New Jersey.
  Madam Speaker, Cornelius Marek, Jr.'s commitment to his family and to 
healthcare in his country should not go unrecognized. I express my 
deepest condolences to his family for their loss and pay tribute to the 
memory of this outstanding individual.

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