[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 167 (Thursday, November 21, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1727]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM J. SCHUMACHER

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 21, 2013

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues Jackie Speier 
and Mike Thompson, to honor the life of the Honorable William F. 
Schumacher, who died peacefully and suddenly on November 3, 2013, at 
his home in Palm Desert, California.
   Bill Schumacher was born in San Francisco in 1937. His mother, Anita 
Doyle, died when Bill was two years old, leaving Bill and his brother 
Robert to be raised by their father Edward with the help of Edward's 
parents, Eutropia and Dominick Schumacher and later his wife Hazel 
Westphal. Bill was a graduate of both Saint Anne Grammar School and 
Lincoln High School. After serving in the Army, which included 15 
months in Korea, he returned to graduate from San Francisco State 
University, and then went on to earn a JD from the University of San 
Francisco.
   Bill Schumacher was our good friend for over three decades. He loved 
people and he loved working on their behalf through his public service, 
which he did as a police officer, a college teacher, a member of the 
school board, a Daly City Councilman and Mayor, and as a member and 
Chairman of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. He was an 
attorney, a Boy Scout volunteer and a wise observer of politics, both 
local and national. It was a wonderful privilege to serve with him, be 
his friend, and laugh with him. Bill's love for public service was 
infectious, and he was a joyful and savvy politician. He knew the 
minute details of public policy, and he was a `North County guy' 
through and through who never forgot from whence he came. He was 
passionate about protecting the working stiff, Daly City and the 
powerless. He always had a joke and a warm smile to greet you and 
started almost every conversation with ``Lookin' good''. He was a 
leader always looking to make peace and make a deal.
   Mr. Speaker, we ask our colleagues to join us in honoring the life 
and memory of a great and good man who served the people of San Mateo 
County with honor and generosity, and enjoyed the respect of the entire 
community. We ask our colleagues to extend to his wife Liz, the love of 
his life, and his entire family our most sincere sympathy for their 
loss. In addition to his wife Elizabeth J. Terra Schumacher, Bill 
leaves his children Michael and Sharon Schumacher and their sons 
Taylor, Sean and Tim; James Schumacher and his sons Baxter and Niland; 
Diane Schumacher; and Gina Gibbons. He also leaves Liz's children, 
Gabrielle and Richard Modolo, and their daughters Sarah, Katherine and 
Richelle; and Marc and Shannon Pedone and their son Joseph.
   Bill Schumacher will be missed by everyone who had the good fortune 
to know him, and we count ourselves among those so blessed. Our 
community was strengthened by his life of service, and our country has 
been immensely bettered by his patriotism, optimism and goodness.

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