[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E169-E170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF PATTI MONTALBANO, UNICAN OF THE YEAR FOR UNICO 
                       NATIONAL SCRANTON CHAPTER

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 13, 2019

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Patti 
Montalbano, who will be named Unican of the Year by the UNICO National 
Scranton Chapter. She, along with her husband, Bob, will be honored on 
February 23, 2019 during the annual UNICO Charity Ball.
  Patti Montalbano was born in Scranton to Alfonso and the late Lucy 
Coviello Giambrone. She graduated from St. Anthony of Padua Grade 
School and St. Paul's High School. She then went on to receive her 
Registered Nurse diploma from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing at the 
University of Scranton and a Bachelor of Science from Trinity 
University. Patti's hospital nursing career was spent in obstetrics, 
newborn nurseries, and the neonatal ICU. She then moved to community 
health nursing at the Pennsylvania Department of Health. She was a 
member of several health-related networking groups in Lackawanna and

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Luzerne Counties and a part-time hospital clinical instructor in 
newborn care at Penn State Scranton Campus. Following 25 years of 
service Patti retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Health as the 
school health consultant, where she served over 59 school districts.
  Patti joined the Ladies Auxiliary to the UNICO National Scranton 
Chapter in 2006 and then the Chapter proper in 2009. Patti was very 
committed to the work of the Auxiliary and was instrumental in its 
reorganization in 2011 and 2012. After serving as President of the 
Auxiliary for three consecutive years, she joined the Auxiliary Board 
of Directors and was elected its President. Patti co-chairs the 
Scranton UNICO Friday Bake Sale at St. Joseph's Center Summer Festival 
with her husband. In recognition of her extraordinary volunteerism and 
service, Patti received the Al Dante Award in 2012.
  Patti and Bob Montalbano will be married for 50 years this November. 
They are the proud parents of Lori Montalbano Nozzi, who is also a 
dedicated member of UNICO's Scranton Chapter and the Ladies Auxiliary. 
They currently reside in Dunmore, Pennsylvania and are active members 
of St. Anthony of Padua Church.
  It is an honor to recognize Patti and Bob as they jointly accept the 
Unican of the Year Award from the Scranton Chapter of UNICO National. 
May they continue to work for UNICO and the people across Northeast 
Pennsylvania for many fruitful years to come.

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