[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 3 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E24]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF CHARLOTTE ELLSWORTH

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 14, 2013

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and work of a 
remarkable mother, wife, friend, and public servant. Charlotte 
Ellsworth passed away just before Christmas. I had the great fortune of 
meeting her through her work at the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, where I 
often encountered her during meetings or events related to the reuse of 
Fort Ord. At FORA, Charlotte was the ever present cheerful voice on the 
phone or steady presence at sometimes heated public meetings. I know 
that all of us who have worked with FORA, either as community leaders, 
members of the public, or her colleagues, will miss her very much.
  Charlotte was born in Carmel, California, on January 5, 1953. Her 
family lived in Seaside, California, at the time, but moved to nearby 
Prunedale in 1954. Her father was a painter and foreman of a glass shop 
on Fort Ord and was eventually promoted as Engineer of the Presidio of 
Monterey. She attended Echo Valley Elementary School in Prunedale and 
graduated from Watsonville High School in the class of 1970.
  Charlotte was a lifelong member of the Las Lomas Full Gospel Church 
in Watsonville, where she married Kenneth Ellsworth, a soldier at Fort 
Ord, in 1974. In 1975, Charlotte and Ken moved to Castroville, where 
she lived until her passing. Charlotte and Ken welcomed a son, Kenneth 
Jr., in 1976. Kenneth Jr. and his wife, Edith, both serve as police 
officers in Salinas, California. They recently welcomed a baby girl, 
Alyssa, who was the light of Charlotte's life and who Ken Sr. 
laughingly says ``will not be a police officer.''
  Mr. Speaker, I know I speak for the whole House in extending our 
condolences to Charlotte Ellsworth's family, friends, and colleagues. 
The loss of such a remarkable person is particularly painful. I hope 
that all of those affected by her early passing can take comfort in the 
remarkable difference that she made in the lives of all those that she 
touched.

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