[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 19, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E920]
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                  REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF BETTY MORAIS

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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 a woman of 
substance: Betty Morais passed from this life in May 2013, in Toledo, 
Ohio.
  Betty was born in Minneapolis on March 5, 1923, to Esther and Lewis 
Himmelman. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of 
Minnesota and her graduate degree from Ohio State University. She 
worked in New York City of the Army Adjutant General's Office, then 
made her way to Toledo where she worked for Lasalle & Koch. It was at 
the downtown department store that she met her husband, Harold. They 
married in 1950 and together raised three children, sons Peter and 
Anthony, and daughter Nina. Harold and Betty enjoyed 49 happy years 
until his passing. Betty met further heartache when her son Anthony 
passed away a decade later.
  Betty spent twenty years as a committed volunteer for the Toledo 
section of the National Council of Jewish Women, the Junior League and 
the League of Women Voters. She volunteered with groups assisting 
children in need and worked for the Economic Opportunity Planning 
Association of Toledo. Betty's calling, however, was to lead Planned 
Parenthood of Northwest Ohio.
  Betty Morais became the executive director of Planned Parenthood and 
ably guided the agency for eighteen years until retiring in 1993. Under 
her leadership, the agency grew from a storefront to its own clinic, 
expanded educational initiatives and medical services, and growing into 
the rural areas of the region. She was open, compassionate and a 
visionary. It was important to Betty to serve people who needed her 
help. Her efforts brought her recognition from the Junior League, 
receiving its Community Service Award; the YWCA, receiving its 
Milestones Award; and the legal aid associations' Community Advocacy 
Award.
  Betty Morais gave fully of herself. She was a pioneer in many ways, 
and a focused advocate. She has left her mark on our community. We 
offer our condolences to her family, and hope they may draw strength 
from Betty Morais' memory and the gift of her life.

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