[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 73 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              HELENE REED

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 7, 2018

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy 
of the late Helene Reed of Williamstown, Gloucester County, located in 
the First Congressional District of the Great State of New Jersey, for 
her decades of public service to local and county government.
   At the time of her passing on April 28, 2018, Helene Reed was 
serving as the Gloucester County Surrogate, a position to which she was 
first elected in 2008, becoming the first woman to ever hold that 
title.
   Prior to the role of Gloucester County Surrogate, Helene Reed served 
as Gloucester County Freeholder for nine years, and as the first female 
Monroe Township Councilmember, holding that post for nine years, with 
some of her tenure including service as Council President.
   Preceding her public service, Helene Reed attended Rutgers 
University where she was certified in Hospital Access Manager, which 
led to a career as Director of Admissions at Kennedy Hospital, 
Washington Township Division, now known as Jefferson Hospital.
   In the community she both loved and called home, Helene Reed served 
with distinction on: the Rowan University Board of Trustees, President 
of the New Jersey Association of Counties & the Constitutional Officers 
Association of New Jersey, chairperson of the Monroe Township Welfare 
Board, member of the: Monroe Township Planning Board, Monroe Township 
Zoning Board, Monroe Township Administrative Committee, and as 
commissioner to the Tri-County Joint Insurance Fund.
   Helene Reed was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, 
trailblazer, pioneer, role model, and exceptional public servant who 
was a tireless advocate for others, and will be deeply missed.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join with me in mourning the loss and 
honoring the legacy of the late Helene Reed.

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