[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E206-E207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING MRS. GLORIA JEAN WEIRICH MILSPAW'S 100TH BIRTHDAY AND LIFE 
                              OF COMMUNITY

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 2022

  Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I am honored to recognize Mrs. Gloria Jean 
Weirich Milspaw upon the occasion of her 100th Birthday, as well as her 
continued, tireless service to our communities.
  Born and raised in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Milspaw became the 
first ever female drum major for the Middletown High School band in her 
sophomore year. She attended West Chester State Teachers College for 
two years as a music major but left early in part due to the Great 
Depression and World War II. Though she later took the Civil Service 
exam and scored extremely high, she was told that women couldn't be 
given the higher-level jobs that were ``reserved for men with families 
to feed.'' As a result, she was given a typewriter and became a 
secretary. It was then that she met her future husband, Captain (and 
later Lieutenant Colonel) Lynn G. Milspaw, an engineer and Air Force 
pilot. They were married in 1944 and endured the stress and hardship of 
his military duty in both World War II and Korea, as well as his later 
duty as a high-level civil servant for the Air Force. Gloria sang with 
and directed church choirs and various music groups in all their 
travels and duty stations.
  While in Utah, Gloria took up and excelled at the hobby of 
watercolor, and within a few years she became President of the Utah 
Watercolor Association. After moving back to

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Pennsylvania, she soon became a signature member of the Pennsylvania 
Watercolor Association as well. She also earned a degree in Interior 
Design, founded a small business, and took up skiing. One of her 
greatest challenges, however, was her rigorous fight against lymphoma--
and--chemotherapy from which she made a full recovery at the age of 90.
  Mrs. Milspaw, now 100 years young, resides in the same town in which 
she was born, and remains a beacon of health and wellness in our 
community. She exercises daily, paints and sells watercolors, serves 
God and her church, and is constantly learning more about the world. I 
am humbled and privileged to commend and thank Mrs. Gloria Milspaw on 
her many successes both at home and abroad, and her lifelong dedication 
to being an active member of our communities. I wish her a wonderful 
birthday celebration, and Godspeed for many more days of a life filled 
with good health, happiness, prosperity, and love.

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