[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 152 (Tuesday, September 1, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF HAROLD LETINSKI

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                          HON. DEBBIE DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 1, 2020

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of 
Harold Letinski. Mr. Letinski will forever be remembered for his 
unwavering dedication to the Downriver community, and he will be deeply 
missed.
  Over the course of 101 years, Harold Letinski watched the United 
States transform and witnessed the great challenges, hardships, and 
victories our nation endured. A Downriver native, Mr. Letinski grew up 
in the Delray neighborhood of Detroit. As a child in the Great 
Depression, he rose at 5 a.m, each morning to deliver papers and 
knocked coal off train cars to ensure families in his neighborhood 
could stay warm. After graduating from Southwestern High School in 
Detroit, Mr. Letinksi dutifully served his country with the Coast Guard 
during World War II.
  After the war, Harold Letinski returned to Michigan and committed 
himself to bettering his local community. Throughout his 20s, Mr. 
Letinski lived in Dearborn with his parents, but later moved to Allen 
Park after marrying his wife, Josephine, and started a family. He 
became the patriarch of two children, seven grandchildren, thirteen 
great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. He worked for over 
three decades at the Ford Rouge Plant in the hot strip mill and was a 
founding member of the Father Saylor Knights of Columbus in Allen Park. 
He was a generous volunteer, and encouraged all to live a life of 
faith, kindness, and compassion. Among his friends and community, Mr. 
Letinski was known as a devoted family man who was gentle, kind, and 
loving. He rarely was upset, and always had a kind word to offer to 
others. Mr. Letinski's passing is a loss to our entire community, but 
his warm legacy will forever endure. He and his generation's 
contribution to progress will always be remembered, and his strength, 
faith, and perseverance though turbulent times provides a lasting 
example of what can be achieved when we all work together.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life 
and legacy of Harold Letinski. We will forever remember his remarkable 
life, work, and community impact. May he rest in eternal peace.

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