[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE LIFE OF EVELYN FERNANDEZ

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 12, 2021

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I 
rise to honor the life of Mrs. Evelyn Fernandez.
  Mrs. Evelyn Fernandez was born on February 14, 1932, in Jamaica and 
migrated to the United States in the late 1970s and became a resident 
of Brooklyn, New York. She was a retired schoolteacher and passionate 
about education.
  Mrs. Fernandez was a sincere woman who loved God and her church and 
was faithful in her service to The Faith Center Ministries. She was a 
woman of great faith who cared deeply for her fellow congregants and 
worked tirelessly to better the lives of all those in her community.
  Mrs. Fernandez was the devoted mother of three sons and three 
daughters, among them Bishop Henry Fernandez, spiritual leader of The 
Faith Center Ministries in Sunrise, Florida. I join Bishop Fernandez 
and his family as they mourn the loss of this kind and compassionate 
soul.
  In the days, weeks and months ahead, we will celebrate her life and 
honor her legacy. While this loss will be felt deeply by everyone, we 
are forever privileged to have shared this time with her on Earth. May 
her memory be a blessing.

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