[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E112]
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                            ROBERT ERPELDING

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                           HON. PAUL MITCHELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 30, 2020

  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and 
legacy of Robert Franklin Erpelding, a loving father, husband, and 
grandfather of Michigan. Bob moved to Detroit as a child and enlisted 
in the Navy in 1951 during the Korean War. He served as a radarman on 
the USS Watts, a Navy destroyer. Following his service in the armed 
forces, he worked for over 30 years on computers at the Burroughs 
Corporation.
   After his long and admirable career, he began his next phase of life 
as a vintner, model plane designer, and craft brew enthusiast.
   Bob was an upstanding man who led by example and encouraged his 
friends and family to appreciate the little things in life. He will be 
missed dearly by his wife, Marguerite, his two children Laura Cox and 
Robert Erpelding, as well as his grandchildren and great-
granddaughters.

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