[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 174 (Friday, October 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF BARBARA HAYMS WEISS

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 26, 2018

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a 
remarkable woman, Barbara Hayms Weiss, who was born on March 15, 1931 
in Chicago and passed away on July 21, 2018, in Palo Alto, California. 
She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Paul.
  Barbara and Paul lived in Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto where they 
raised three children. They supported Jewish causes, arts 
organizations, and Democrats, especially women candidates.
  Barbara earned her B.A. in Sociology from San Jose State University 
in 1976 at the age of 45. She then completed her M.S.W. with a focus on 
gerontology in 1981 from U.C. Berkeley. She worked at Little House in 
Menlo Park and joined Paul's auto dealership, Key Chevrolet, as a 
Dealer-Academy trained potential successor, and helped run the agency 
until they sold the business in 1988. Barbara was also Board President 
of the Jewish Community Center of Palo Alto.
  Barbara and Paul moved from their large home in Los Altos Hills to a 
condominium in Palo Alto, where they continued, via their Donor Advised 
Fund at the San Francisco Jewish Federation, to support causes that 
were important to them. They enjoyed frequent trips to Santa Fe, New 
Mexico for the Opera and SWAIA Indian Market, where they collected 
stunningly beautiful Pueblo pottery.
  According to Barbara's son Mark, his parents ``just wanted America to 
continue to give opportunities that they got and wanted to back the 
right people to accomplish that.''
  Barbara leaves her son Mark Weiss of Palo Alto and his wife Terry 
Acebo Davis; Linda Weiss Moulding of San Carlos and her husband Mark 
Moulding, Rick and Nancy Weiss of Los Altos Hills, and her 
grandchildren Aaron and Jon Lipinski of San Carlos.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of 
Barbara Weiss, a patriot, a mother and a highly accomplished woman. I 
will always miss her, as will all those who were privileged to know her 
and admire the values she lived out so faithfully over a lifetime.

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