[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 88 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1087]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN HONOR OF MARION EMILY FORD'S 95TH BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 14, 2010

  Mr. ANDREWS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Marion Emily Ford 
for her 95th birthday. Mrs. Ford is a devoted mother, grandmother, and 
great grandmother, and for this she deserves great praise.
  Mrs. Ford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 12, 
1915. During the Great Depression, she left school at age sixteen to 
help her parents who were raising eleven children. Her first job was as 
a saleswoman for Wanamaker's Department Store. While working at 
Wanamaker's, she was approached to be an understudy for Vivian Leigh, 
the famous star of Gone with the Wind. Mrs. Ford turned down the 
flattering offer. She moved to New Jersey in 1948, and settled in the 
Fairview section of Camden until 1975 when she moved into her 
daughter's home in Brooklawn.
  Mrs. Ford has a deep appreciation for her heritage. She is a proud 
great-granddaughter of Pecan Wolf, a Native American from the Ottawa/
Chippewa tribe. Mrs. Ford also has a passion for reading that continued 
even though her sight was taken by macular degeneration.
  Madam Speaker, Marion Emily Ford's commitment to her family and 
community should not go unrecognized. I wish her a happy 95th birthday 
and all the best.

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