[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E3]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        A TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF KATHERINE AGNES McMILLAN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 7, 2014

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring 
the life of an extraordinary woman, Katherine Agnes McMillan, who 
passed away at the age of 89 on December 10, 2013. She was the youngest 
of nine children born to Irish immigrants, John Patrick and Margaret 
Kearns Trumble, and was the Valedictorian of her graduating class at 
Sacred Heart Academy.
  Katherine McMillan served in the Navy as a nurse, and went on to 
serve her community uncommonly well as a devoted RN for 37 years at 
Sequoia Hospital where she worked in the Emergency Room and was a 
legend there.
  After retiring from the nursing profession, Katherine launched a 
`latchkey' day care program at St. Pius Catholic Church in Redwood 
City, the first of its kind in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. She 
provided quality child care for school age children with her trademarks 
of professionalism, discipline and caring.
  Katherine gave generously of her time and considerable talents at 
Serra High School in San Mateo, the school her son Robert attended and 
she loved. She became the first woman to earn and be honored with the 
``In Via Award'' by this all male school.
  Katherine is survived by her beloved daughters, Katherine and Mary, 
her son Robert (Julie) and her two adored grandsons, Sean and Kenny.
  I had the privilege of knowing Katherine McMillan for over three 
decades. With her Irish pride and her Boston accent, she was a force of 
nature, a loyal and loving friend, an extraordinary mother, and a woman 
of great faith. She lived her faith in all she did, and every day of 
her life was guided by it.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of a 
woman who will be greatly missed by all who had the good fortune to 
know her and never be forgotten. Katherine McMillan was a true patriot, 
a woman who loved her family deeply and served her community, her 
church and her country with great dedication and joy. For this, the 
entire U.S. House of Representatives extends its condolences to the 
McMillan family.

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