[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 93 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE LIFE OF MR. ALBERT J. RINOW, SR.

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                           HON. CHRIS JACOBS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 27, 2022

  Mr. JACOBS of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember and 
honor the life of Albert J. Rinow, Sr., who passed away on May 2, 2022, 
at the age of 96.
  Mr. Rinow worked at Trico for 43 years, all the while serving in the 
Lancaster Fire Department. Mr. Rinow joined the Lancaster Fire 
Department in 1950 with the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company and joined 
the Citizens Hose Company in 1954. For his service, in 2001 and 2006, 
Mr. Rinow was awarded the Lancaster Fire Department Firefighter of the 
Year Award. From 2003 through 2017 Mr. Rinow served as the Lancaster 
Fire Department Chaplain, and in 2017, Mr. Rinow attained life 
membership status in the Lancaster Fire Department, after 67 years of 
active service. For all his noble work with the Lancaster Fire 
Department, Mr. Rinow was also named to the Erie County Department of 
Homeland Security and Emergency Services Wall of Honor.
  At the age of 20, Mr. Rinow married Shirley Pearles at Sacred Heart 
Church in Bowmansville, NY. Together, Mr. and Mrs. Rinow had six 
children: Judith; David; Daniel; Patricia; Albert, Jr.; and Nancy. 
Additionally, Mr. Rinow had 15 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, 
and a great-great grandchild named Georgia. Of note, Mr. Rinow's son 
Daniel and his grandson Marc are 3rd and 4th generation firefighters 
with the Lancaster Fire Department.
  Mr. Rinow was also a man of faith and active in his church. Mr. Rinow 
worked as the cemetery director for St. Mary's Cemetery and served as a 
Eucharistic minister for the church. In his free time, Mr. Rinow also 
was a basketball coach, and enjoyed fishing.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in mourning Mr. Rinow's passing, and in 
honoring his life's work and all his achievements.

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