[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 3 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E20]
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                       HONORING MR. GORDON PROUT

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 14, 2013

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in commemoration of the life 
of Mr. Gordon Prout. Mr. Prout, a resident of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, 
passed away on December 17, 2012 after decades of public service as a 
civil engineer for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
  Prior to his 34 years of public service, Mr. Prout served his country 
honorably in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a 
navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress for nine missions over Europe 
before being shot down and captured. Consequently, he spent 16 months 
as a prisoner in Stalag Luft I in Germany. Mr. Prout successfully 
returned home on the Queen Mary after being liberated by the Soviets in 
May, 1945.
  Mr. Prout is survived by his devoted wife of 67 years, Anne Bruno 
Prout; a daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Mickey McCabe of Monmouth 
Beach and Bayonne; a son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Deborah Prout 
of VA; four grandchildren, Allison McCabe Matto and her husband Joseph, 
Michael McCabe and his wife Tina, Derek Prout and his wife Jessica and 
Bryan Prout and his fiancee Tayler Lyttle; and five great-
grandchildren, Madelyn, Luke, Grace, Aiden and Abigail.
  Mr. Speaker, I sincerely hope that my colleagues will join me in 
honoring Mr. Prout for his lifetime of public service to the state of 
New Jersey, and his dedicated service to our country.

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