[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. KENNETH AHLSTROM

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 1, 2011

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the death of 
United States Navy veteran Mr. Kenneth Ahlstrom.
  Mr. Ahlstrom served in the Navy during World War II aboard the USS 
Phoenix in the southwest Pacific, and participated in 25 landings in 
New Guinea, New Britain, the Philippines, and Borneo.
  Mr. Ahlstrom was devoted to his local Buffalo community, and held 
offices in the American Legion, the Dunkirk High School Marauder 
Booster Club, and Willowbrook Cemetery.
  Mr. Ahlstrom was also a family man. He leaves behind a widow, Mrs. 
Nancy Ahlstrom, 8 children, 17 grandchildren, and several great-
grandchildren.
  It is with great pride that I rise today to remember Mr. Kenneth 
Ahlstrom, a veteran of our Nation's armed forces, and a proud member of 
my own Buffalo community.

                          ____________________