[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN HONOR OF JEAN GABA'S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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                             HON. AMI BERA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 13, 2018

  Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate the 
100th birthday of Jean Gaba from Carmichael, California.
   Ms. Gaba was born in June 1918, in Oakland, California. She first 
worked at her father's law office, and at dinner with a friend in 1938 
she met her future husband, Bill. In 1940 they were married and started 
a family, welcoming their daughter, Carolyn, in 1942.
   While raising her daughter and working as an insurance agent, Jean 
also managed to squeeze out time for charitable activities, 
volunteering at Children's Hospital in Oakland and becoming a Brownie 
and Girl Scout leader for her daughter's troop. She is a skilled bridge 
player and avid reader--since getting her first library card at age 7 
she has never been without a book or two close by.
   In her 100 years the social, cultural and political fabric of her 
world has changed dramatically. She has traveled extensively, including 
visiting her granddaughters in Malaysia and Chile in her eighties.
   As Ms. Gaba and her daughter, two grandchildren and two great 
grandchildren celebrate her 100th birthday, I am delighted to send her 
my best wishes and congratulations.

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