[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 87 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E680]
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                    IN RECOGNITION OF THERESE LEDOUX

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 19, 2017

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Therese 
Ledoux on the occasion of her 100th birthday this month.
  Born on May 5, 1917 to George Ethier and Albina Chevalier, Mrs. 
Ledoux attended boarding school in Canada before leaving to work for 
her father's insurance business in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Starting 
in 1958 she became the Town of Acushnet's first kindergarten teacher at 
the St. Francis Xavier Elementary School--where she remained for more 
than 30 years as a beloved kindergarten teacher. To this day, Mrs. 
Ledoux continues to volunteer each week at the school, where she is 
considered a local celebrity and is held in the highest esteem by 
staff, students, and the Acushnet community alike.
  Active both in mind and soul, Mrs. Ledoux's hobbies include doing 
puzzles and knitting. Her knitting projects include blankets for newly 
baptized children at the St. Francis Xavier Church in Acushnet. 
Additionally, she has made it a tradition to bake meat pies for New 
Year's Day--a practice she has passed onto to her daughters and 
grandchildren.
  Over the more than seventy years she has lived in Acushnet, Mrs. 
Ledoux has been honored for her outstanding services by being awarded 
the Marian Medal by the Fall River Diocese and being named the Acushnet 
Woman of the Year by the Standard Times newspaper.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Therese Ledoux on this joyous 
occasion. I ask that my colleagues join me in wishing her many more 
years of health and happiness surrounded by her children, 
grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.

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