[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 175 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1705]
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        IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF CHARLES W. MARSH

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 3, 2015

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Charles W. 
Marsh, who celebrates his 100th birthday on December 6th in Hanson, 
Massachusetts.
  Mr. Marsh embodies the quintessential American story. Born in 
Massachusetts in 1915 to a mother who came to the United States from 
Ireland with his older sister, Olive, Mr. Marsh lived in the town of 
Weymouth with his family until he joined the U.S. Army.
  After serving overseas in Germany, he returned to the United States 
and continued to support his country through the critical work of the 
Quincy Shipyard. Following this time, Mr. Marsh remained in Quincy and 
began his long and dedicated career as an auto body worker.
  A gifted marksman with rifle and bow, Mr. Marsh was an outdoorsman at 
heart. He was so renowned for his knowledge of New England's beaches 
and coastline that, during the blizzard of 1978, he was called upon by 
the U.S. Coast Guard to assist in search and rescue operations.
  During his time working in Quincy, Mr. Marsh and his wife, Miriam, 
built a house on Gurnet Point in Plymouth, Massachusetts. For 16 years, 
they were the first year-round residents on this small historic 
peninsula, named by the Pilgrims in the 1600s for its resemblance to 
headlands in the English Channel where gurnett fish were plentiful. 
Deciding that a change of scenery was in order, the Marshes then moved 
north to the picturesque shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton, New 
Hampshire.
  Mr. Marsh will be celebrating his centennial birthday surrounded by 
four generations of loving family, which has grown to include three 
children, eight grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and three 
great, great grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Charles W. Marsh on his 100th 
birthday. I ask that my colleagues join me in wishing him many more 
years of health and happiness.

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