[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 57 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO LOIS WILLIAMS

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 3, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Lois 
Williams, of Burbank, California, who passed away on March 21, 2017.
   Lois Tuttle was born on February 25, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri 
where she was raised with her brother Karl. In 1947, Lois married Bill 
Williams and they moved to California in 1951, settling in the Burbank 
area of southern California.
   With a passion for social justice, Lois was an ardent advocate for 
the rights of workers to organize and join in the democratic political 
process. A staunch defender of the union movement, she assisted in 
writing curriculum for teaching union history in schools, worked on 
labor law negotiations, and was a founding member of Citizens for 
Utility Rate Balance. Ms. Williams was Executive Secretary and 
Treasurer of the Council of the Engineers and Scientists Organization 
and an officer at the Engineers and Scientists Guild-Lockheed Section, 
where she helped advance many progressive programs, and was an early 
proponent of portable pensions, health care for all, conversion policy 
in the defense industry and child care in the workplace.
   Affiliated with the Democratic Party since she first voted for Harry 
Truman, Lois was active in many democratic organizations and clubs 
where she held leadership positions. She served as President of the 
Verdugo Hills Democratic Club, President of the MidValley Democratic 
Club, Regional Vice President and Chair of the Endorsements Committee 
of the California Democratic Council, a Steering Committee member of 
the Stonewall Democratic Club, Secretary and Treasurer of the 43rd 
Assembly District Committee, and a member of Democrats for Neighborhood 
Action. In addition, Lois was a long-serving member of the California 
Democratic Party State Central Committee and the Los Angeles County 
Democratic Central Committee, and was a founding member of the 27th 
Congressional District Democratic Club. In 2012, Lois was honored with 
the Action Democrats of the San Fernando Valley's Mimi and Lou Robins 
Distinguished Achievement Award.
   Preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Bill Williams, Lois is 
survived by her daughter, Lyn Shaw and son-in-law, Jim Hilfenhaus.
   Lois was an irreplaceable part of the local community, and she will 
be greatly missed. I ask all members to join me in remembering Lois 
Williams.

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