[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 21, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E373]
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                      IN MEMORY OF AMIL PADEZANIN

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                            HON. CONOR LAMB

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2020

  Mr. LAMB. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember and honor the life 
of Amil Padezanin, a fellow Marine and a pillar in the community in 
Beaver County.
  Mr. Padezanin served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. 
He was a retired brakeman and conductor working for 42 years out of the 
Conway Yards for Conrail, formerly known as Penn Central and the 
Pennsylvania Railroad.
  During his 85 years in Freedom, PA, Mr. Padezanin played varsity 
football at Freedom High School, served on the town council, led the 
town's holiday festivities, was a member of the Freedom Serbian Club, 
and was an avid Freedom Bulldogs sports fan. He was also a member of 
the St. Elijah Serbian 0rthodox Church in Aliquippa, and a member of 
the Serb National Federation, the oldest and largest Serbian fraternal 
organization in the country.
  I want to express my deepest condolences to Mr. Padezanin's wife 
Martha and the entire Padezanin family.
  We will all miss Amil, but it may help to remember that there is no 
such thing as a former Marine, and that his duties are much needed in 
the next world. As it says in our hymn, ``if the Army and the Navy ever 
look on heaven's scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by 
United States Marines.''

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