[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MRS. JACK KOESTER

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge over 40 years of 
exceptional pro-life and pro-family efforts by Mrs. Jack Koester of 
Teutopolis, Illinois.
  In June of 1973, a group of concerned residents came together to 
found the Effingham County Right. Mrs. Koester has served as the 
secretary of that group ever since.
  As secretary, she has issued a monthly newsletter, has helped the 
organization grow through its breakfast and rummage sale, has hosted an 
annual day of prayer, has organized the Life Chain, has manned the pro-
life booth, and has publicized the monthly prayer vigil. Mrs. Koester 
also cofounded the Family Life Center in Effingham 20 years ago.
  After suffering a stroke last fall, she is still recovering and has 
shifted her focus to encouraging other citizens of the Effingham area 
to volunteer so as to carry on her pro-life efforts.
  Mrs. Koester is a mother of 3, a grandmother of 10, and a great-
grandmother of 2. One of her granddaughters is currently an intern in 
my office.
  I want to personally thank Mrs. Koester for her lasting dedication to 
the pro-life movement, and I wish her the best in her ongoing recovery.

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