[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 21 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       A TRIBUTE TO LORETTA DERBY

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, February 2, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Loretta Derby of Council Bluffs, Iowa for her induction 
into the Iowa School for the Deaf Hall of Fame. Loretta is a 1955 
graduate of the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs.
  Loretta graduated in 1994 from the College of St. Mary in Omaha, 
Nebraska with a degree in Business Administration. She has had an 
impressive career working for Northwestern Bell where she assisted deaf 
customers with TTY calls and helped co-workers understand the needs of 
deaf customers. Loretta advanced to a computer analyst in marketing at 
US West and she presented programs to employees on deaf awareness. She 
retired from US West in 1999, but continued to work for Communication 
Services for the Deaf as an equipment distribution manager.
  Loretta has been a leader in the Deaf community; she helped organize 
the Birthday Gals, a social club for deaf women, chaired the Iowa 
Association for the Deaf Conference, and was Vice-President of the Iowa 
Association of the Deaf. She helped reorganize the Council Bluffs 
Silent Club, helped keep Bethlehem Lutheran Church for the Deaf open 
and founded the Council Bluffs Deaf Seniors in 2015. Loretta also 
volunteers her time at the Iowa School of the Deaf Museum, which 
preserves the School's history.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud and congratulate Loretta on her induction into 
the Hall of Fame at Iowa School for the Deaf. I am proud to represent 
her in the United States Congress and I ask that my colleagues in the 
United States House of Representatives join me in congratulating 
Loretta on this outstanding accomplishment and in wishing her nothing 
but the best.

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