[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 15, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF DONALD F. GUERRA

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 15, 2019

  Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of my cousin 
Donald F. Guerra, age 73, who passed away peacefully on Thursday, 
December 13, 2018, at the Hospice of The Valley Hospice House in 
Poland.
  Donnie was the life of our family parties. He was the family member 
who remembered and told all the best family stories. He captured the 
love and humor of our Italian immigrant family. He treasured our family 
and was always there for all of us. He helped on my first campaigns by 
getting family and friends to ride their motorcycles in local parades 
wearing my campaign tee shirts. He was a staunch Democrat and a Union 
man through and through.
  He was born February 11, 1945 in Warren, Ohio to Fabian and Rita 
Bologna Guerra. He graduated from Niles McKinley High School in 1964 
and following that, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, 
Florida. Upon completing his university studies, Don was employed as a 
journeyman pipe fitter at WCI, Thomas Steel and Delphi Packard and 
retired in 2000. He also owned and operated Guerra's Dental Lab in 
Youngstown for 10 years and was a flight instructor for 50 years.
  Don was a United States Army veteran, serving with the 101st Airborne 
Division in Vietnam for 13 months and then returning to the United 
States to serve at NORAD in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.
  He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Niles and a 
Trumbull County Democratic Precinct Committee Member. Don was an avid 
Green Bay Packers and New York Yankees fan and enjoyed golfing, riding 
his motorcycle, spending time with his granddaughters.
  He will be sadly missed by his wife, Donna Stabile Guerra, whom he 
married November 23, 1972; his son Donald Guerra and his wife Andria 
and their children Sophia and Gabriella of Niles; David Guerra and his 
wife Cathy, and their children Macey and Anna of McDonald; a brother 
Fabian Guerra, Jr. and his wife Nancy of Pasadena, Maryland; a sister 
Nina Miller and her husband Jim of Amelia Island, Florida; and several 
nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
  We will miss Cooge. Life just won't be the same without him.

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