[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E550-E551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO ERLEEN DIDIER

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 17, 2012

  Mr. McKeon. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the passing of Mrs. 
Erleen Didier, a beloved community leader, wife, mother, great 
grandmother, great-great grandmother, and friend to all in my 
Congressional district of Lancaster, California.

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  On March 13, 2012, the community of Lancaster, and the greater 
Antelope Valley, said goodbye to a member of ``our greatest 
generation.'' She passed peacefully and now resides in the hearts and 
minds of her family and the people that she touched throughout her 
life.
  Mrs. Didier is survived by her eight children: Mary, Joe, Katie, Pat, 
Ruth, Annie, Clete and Mickie, 18 grandchildren and four great 
grandchildren that will miss her dearly. Mrs. Didier is reunited with 
her husband, Cletus, who passed in June 1992.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing the lifelong 
achievements of Mrs. Erleen Didier. Without question, in her lifetime, 
the community of Lancaster has been made better by her contributions 
and are worthy of recognition by the House of Representatives today.

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