[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO BRIGITTE MARIE KELLEY

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2018

  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
Brigitte ``Brig'' Kelley, who passed away in California on December 10, 
2017. Brig was the loving wife of former California State Senator David 
G. Kelley and she will be deeply missed.
  Brig was born in Potsdam, Germany, a suburb of Berlin, to Dr. Herman-
Walter Frey and Marie Frey-Richter on Nov. 20, 1926. She spent her 
youth in Berlin, Germany; Salzburg, Austria; Rome, Italy; and Freiburg, 
Germany. She studied English at the University of Freiburg and in 1948 
she received a Quaker Scholarship to attend Mills College in Oakland, 
California.
  Brig spent two years in the United States and upon her return met 
David, her husband to be. They married in 1953 and returned to Hemet in 
1955 to settle on their citrus ranch in Bautista Canyon. Brig taught 
German in Adult Continuing Education and Spanish at Mt. San Jacinto 
Junior College. She loved collecting art and antiques--in particular 
Spanish and religious art--and enjoyed traveling all over the world.
  I have had the distinct privilege of knowing Brig for many years. I 
was proud to call her my friend and I will deeply miss her. I extend my 
heartfelt condolences to my good friend Dave Kelley as well as the 
entire Kelley family. Although Brig may be gone, her legacy and memory 
will live on.

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