[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 172 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2214-E2215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MICHAEL ROBERT KINDIG

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 21, 2010

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor 
Michael Robert Kindig for the years of service to his brothers and 
sisters. Michael passed away on August 9, 2010, after a battle with 
pancreatic cancer.
   Michael Kindig's achievements are many, particularly his leadership. 
As a member of the board of the Denver local of the American Federation 
of Television and Radio Artists, The International Brotherhood of 
Teamsters, as a member of the National Board of Directors and President 
of the Colorado Branch of the Screen Actors Guild, Organizer for the 
Colorado Chapter of the National Alliance for Retired Americans and 
Editor of the Colorado Labor Advocate for nearly twenty years, Mike 
worked diligently to advance the labor community in Colorado.
   Michael was an alternate delegate to the National Democratic 
Convention held in Chicago in 1968, and spent the rest of his life 
dedicated to his political beliefs. He served in the U. S. Marine 
Reserves for six years. Mike Kindig was a patriotic American.
   Michael's father was declared missing in action in Papua New Guinea 
in 1944, when Michael was three years old. He met his future wife 
Patricia Gaffney when a search she had initiated for her father, also 
declared missing in action in Papua New Guinea, yielded the remains of 
both men. After 55 and 56 years respectively, Major Earl R. Kindig and 
2LT George P. Gaffney, Jr., were buried with full military honors in 
Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
   Michael Kindig had a very large group of friends from many walks of 
life which is a testament to the values he possessed. He will be 
remembered as a dedicated husband, father and friend committed to 
making his community a better place for all of us.

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