[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E4-E5]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF EVELYN DESROSIERS

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 5, 2018

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Evelyn 
Desrosiers, a resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who will turn 100 
years young on January 12th.
  A lifelong Massachusetts resident, Evelyn was born in Fairhaven and 
grew up in Freetown. Her father worked on a farm while her mother 
raised Evelyn and her siblings. After she attended grammar school, 
Evelyn was hired by the billing department at Hemingway Transport.
  Evelyn has always been a committed member of her community. Through 
her dedicated involvement with St. Julie's Church in Dartmouth, she 
received the Marian Medal in 2013. She is also a member of the Legion 
of Mary. Evelyn has many talents and even played the violin in the New 
Bedford Symphony.
  Today she enjoys spending time with her nephews Jim and William, 
grandnephew Adam, and grandnieces Angela and Elizabeth. She lives in 
Whaler's Cove in New Bedford and attributes her good health to eating 
well and having great genes.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Evelyn Desrosiers on this joyous 
occasion of her

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100th birthday. I ask that my colleagues join me in wishing her many 
more years of health and happiness.

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