[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         REMEMBERING PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS HEIDI FRIEDMAN

  Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, today I have the solemn duty of 
memorializing U.S. Navy PO2 Heidi Jo Friedman, a New Hampshire native 
who was tragically killed on April 12 at the age of 33. Petty Officer 
Friedman was serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush 
as an engineman, having transferred from Navy Operation Support Center 
Manchester in January. She entered the Navy in 2002, and previously 
served on the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross and in the Navy Reserve 
with Amphibious Construction Battalion Two Detachment 101.
  Heidi was born on June 28, 1981 to her father Robert, a retired Navy 
chief petty officer, and her mother Shari Murray. She graduated from 
Ledyard High School, in Ledyard, CT, and enjoyed volunteering as a 
mentor to children and with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots 
Foundation. Heidi was also a lifetime Girl Scout with a passion for 
rugby and traveling. To those who knew her, Heidi was a loving and 
caring friend--someone who touched people in a positive way. I know 
there are many who feel her absence deeply.
  Petty Officer Friedman is survived by her mother Shari L. Murray, her 
father and stepmother Robert B. and Laurie E. Friedman, her grandmother 
Arlene Canin, her brother Michael L. and wife Erin Friedman, three 
stepsisters: Jaime and wife Rochelle, Kara and Maria and fiancee Chris; 
three stepbrothers, Cito and fiancee Lyne, Quique and wife Amanda and 
Nolan; two nephews, Alexander and Ashton; and many aunts, uncles and 
cousins.
  On behalf of the people of New Hampshire, I ask my colleagues and all 
Americans to join me in honoring the life and service of PO2 Heidi Jo 
Friedman.

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