[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 79 (Friday, June 3, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. KENNETH AHLSTROM

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 3, 2011

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of the late 
Kenneth Ahlstrom of Dunkirk, New York.
  Mr. Ahlstrom was a proud, patriotic American. He served in the United 
States Navy during World War II aboard the USS Phoenix in the southwest 
Pacific. During his service, Mr. Ahlstrom participated in 25 landings 
in New Guinea, New Britain, the Philippines, and Borneo.
  Professionally, Mr. Ahlstrom worked for many years as a salesman with 
Eber Brothers Wine and Liquor Corporation. Throughout his life, Mr. 
Ahlstrom demonstrated a deep commitment and devotion to his local 
community. For more than 50 years, Mr. Ahlstrom has remained active in 
the American Legion Post 62, serving as treasurer, post commander, an 
officer of the board of directors and county vice commander. Concurrent 
with his service at Post 62, he also belonged to the VFW, Dunkirk 
Exempt Firemen, Dunkirk Lakeside Club, First Ward Falcon Club and the 
Buffalo Bills Booster Club. Mr. Ahlstrom had served on the Boys State 
Committee and the American Legion Baseball Scholarship Committee and 
was a past president and member of the Dunkirk High School Marauder 
Booster Club. He also had served as secretary-treasurer at Willowbrook 
Park Cemetery.
  Of the many significant accomplishments of his life, Mr. Ahlstrom 
took the greatest pride in his family. Married to Nancy Ahlstrom for 
more than 63 years, Mr. Ahlstrom was patriarch of a great Western New 
York family that includes 8 children, 17 grandchildren, and nine great-
grandchildren. His is a wonderful legacy that each family member may 
cherish for years to come.
  It is with great pride that I rise today, only a few days after our 
Memorial Day holiday, to honor and commemorate that service of Kenneth 
Ahlstrom. I hope that you will join with me, Mr. Speaker, and the 
entirety of our membership in the House in expressing the condolences 
of the House to the Ahlstrom family.

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