[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E333]
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                        HONORING SAMANTHA HANSEN

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                               speech of

                            HON. LUKE MESSER

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 19, 2013

  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of a young 
constituent, Samantha Rae Hansen of Holton, Indiana.
  Samantha attended South Ripley High School and actively participated 
in a number of school clubs, including science, Spanish, and band. She 
was a school leader on the student council and served as president of 
the FFA and Country Critters 4-H club. Along with her family, she also 
was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Versailles, 
participating in the church choir.
  We mourn a life that ended too soon and pray for understanding and 
comfort for family members and those in our community who knew and 
loved Samantha. While in times of turmoil we struggle to understand the 
unexplainable, may we find peace and joy in our religious faith and the 
memories of time shared with those we love.
  Samantha will be forever remembered as a friend of her community. I 
ask the citizens of the 6th Congressional District to join me in 
keeping her parents, Matthew and Jenny Wahl Hansen, sisters, Amanda and 
Nikki, and the entire extended Hansen family in our thoughts and 
prayers.

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