[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 50 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E359-E360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF SUZANNE DeLONE LUSSIER

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 22, 2018

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life and legacy of an 
exemplary American woman and a lifelong friend, Suzanne DeLone Lussier. 
Born on October 5, 1945 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Suzanne died 
surrounded by her family on February 17, 2018, at her home in Atherton, 
California, after a valiant three and a half year battle with ovarian 
cancer.
   Suzanne was educated in Massachusetts at the Academy of the 
Assumption in Wellesley and LaSalle Junior College in Newton. She 
worked in retail, advertising and residential real estate. She married 
Dick Lussier in 1963, and traveled extensively with him to Asia, 
Europe, Latin America, and many other countries to spend time with 
their son Kyle and his family. She loved family vacations in Hawaii and 
New England, and spent countless happy times in Carmel, California with 
family, friends and on the golf course.
   Suzanne adored her children and actively participated in her sons' 
schools and sports. She was a devoted grandmother and a famously kind 
and fun-loving woman. She entertained, golfed, skied, and played 
tennis, and her artistic skills were evident in her flower arranging, 
interior and landscape design, and painting.
   Suzanne gave generously of her time and considerable talents in 
service to many non-profit organizations, including Beyond War, the 
Mid-Peninsula Hospice Foundation, the Menlo Benefit Committee, the 
Junior League of Palo Alto, and Saint Peter's School in San Francisco.
   I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our sincere condolences 
to Suzanne's beloved husband of 54 years, Dick Lussier; to her sons 
Mark and Kyle and their spouses Angela and Monika; her grandchildren 
Max, Taylor, Kieran, Reagan and Arden; and her siblings Betsy Balas, 
Helen DeLone, Donna DeLone and Dalip Khalsa.
   I am blessed to have had Suzanne as my loyal and loving friend for 
47 years. She was beautiful in every way, and her values, her deep 
faith, and her integrity drew so many to her.
   Mr. Speaker, our community was bettered by Suzanne DeLone Lussier 
and our country was strengthened by her. She will be missed deeply by 
every person fortunate to have known her and by those privileged, as I 
was, to call her friend.

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