[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 19, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E916]
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                 REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JANET BLAUFUSS

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 19, 2013

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Janet Blaufuss, a 
woman of vision. She passed from this life in May 2013, in Toledo, 
Ohio.
  Janet was born in Minneapolis on July 6, 1941 to Mary Vonda and 
George Bernard Boutlinghouse. She graduated from the University of 
Illinois College of Nursing. During the 1960s, she worked in juvenile 
and psychiatric nursing, and was instrumental in establishing the first 
sheltered care homes in central Illinois. She served as president of 
the Illinois Association of Local Health Department Nursing 
Administrators.
  Janet then moved to Toledo to work for the Visiting Nurse Service. 
She worked for the agency for eleven years and was its executive 
director for the last four years. In 1978, Janet Blaufuss teamed with 
other leaders in the American hospice movement to found Hospice of 
Northwest Ohio. ``She believed strongly in it because it allowed people 
to remain at home with more dignity and comfort'' her son explained.
  In 1989, Janet Blaufuss moved to North Carolina to become director of 
nursing for the Iredell County Health Department. Fourteen years later, 
she returned to Toledo and family.
  Janet Blaufuss invested her life in caring for people and taking care 
of others. Her legacy has lifted up countless others and their families 
in their time of need. We offer our condolences to her family, and hope 
they may draw strength from Janet Blaufuss' memory and the gift of her 
life.

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