[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E503]
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              CELEBRATING GLADYS WILLIAMS' 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                        HON. ROBERT T. SCHILLING

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2012

  Mr. SCHILLING. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and honor that 
I congratulate Ms. Gladys L. Williams of East Moline, Illinois on a 
momentous milestone, her 100th birthday, which will be on April 15, 
2012.
  Born in Kansas on April 15, 1912, the very day the Titanic sank, 
Gladys grew up to be tough, but a dedicated and wonderful mother whose 
kids always knew she had their backs. Along with her husband A.H. and 
her three children, Gladys moved around the country more than 30 times 
over the years due to her husband's job with the Rock Island Railroad. 
The family moved in and out of the Quad Cities nearly a dozen times 
until they finally made Moline home in 1954, around the time A.H. was 
named General Manager.
  Gladys and her family have been active in Moline's First Baptist 
Church, and she worked in an area high school's cafeteria before 
eventually relocating to East Moline 16 years ago. Her family did the 
math recently, and determined that Gladys has been blessed with 17 
grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-
grandchildren.
  East Moline Mayor John Thodos declared April 15th, 2012 ``Gladys 
Williams Day'' in honor of this remarkable woman. Mr. Speaker and my 
distinguished colleagues, I respectfully ask that you join me in 
wishing Gladys a very happy 100th birthday, and the best as she 
celebrates this joyous occasion with her friends and many members of 
her family.

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