[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 105 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. LILIA GIACOMAZZI

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 22, 2018

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mrs. Lilia 
Elizabeth Giacomazzi as the 2018 Distinguished Dairyperson by the June 
Dairy Month Committee of Kings County, California.
  Mrs. Giacomazzi was born Lilia Elizabeth Curti on July 23, 1913 in 
Fresno, California to her parents Miro and Domenica Curti, immigrants 
from the small town of Albonico in the northern Italian Alps. The 
oldest of five siblings, Lilia graduated from Tulare Union High School 
in 1927.
  On July 12, 1936 Lilia married Fred Giacomazzi and the newlyweds 
moved to a home on the Hanford-based Giacomazzi Dairy, Kings County's 
longest-continuously-operating dairy. Their initial home now houses the 
Giacomazzi Dairy offices.
  In October 1937, Lilia and Fred had their first child, their son 
Donald and three years later, in March 1940, welcomed their daughter, 
Patricia. Mrs. Giacomazzi was actively involved in her children's 
education, serving as a room mother and president of the Hanford High 
School Parent-Teachers Association. Additionally, she helped many Kings 
County 4-H participants learn to cook, sew, and garden.
  Her love of gardening led to her work establishing the LaCasa Garden 
Club and, eventually, LaCasa Park in Hanford, California. Her love and 
passion for gardening has remained a constant during her 105 years.
  On July 12, 1998, Mrs. Giacomazzi lost her beloved husband of sixty-
two years, Fred. However, she has found comfort from her seven 
grandchildren and to eight great-grandchildren to whom she is known as 
``Nonna.''
  Mrs. Giacomazzi also served as President of the Kings County 
Dairywomen and Western United Dairy Women of California. This year 
marks Mrs. Giacomazzi's fifty fith year of service to the Kings County 
Dairywomen. She has also been actively involved in the Sons of Italy 
Lodge, the Central Valley Hospital Auxiliary, the Kings County 
Republican Women Federated, the Kings County Historical Society, the 
American Theater Organ Society, the Kings Symphony Orchestra, and the 
Young Ladies Institute.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending Mrs. Lilia Elizabeth 
Giacomazzi on her lifetime of service to the Central Valley and on 
receiving the 2018 Distinguished Dairyperson Award.

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