[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 113 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E707-E708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING WILLIAM FLYNN, JR.

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 11, 2022

  Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of William 
Flynn, Jr, who passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the young age 
of 87.
  Bill was born on December 10, 1934, in Philadelphia, PA, the son of 
William Flynn, Sr. and Rose Flynn (Rossillo). He was proud of his 
Irish-Italian upbringing in South Philadelphia. Bill's family moved to 
Natrona, Pennsylvania, after WWII. During the Korean war, while 
attending St. Vincent's College he had enlisted in the U.S. Army and 
served in Germany, while stationed there he got his first taste of life 
in Europe. When he returned to the states he would enroll at Youngstown 
College for engineering, he joined the fraternity Alpha Phi Delta. 
While attending college he married his high school sweetheart, Anne 
Sebak.
  In 1963 he was hired by Packard Electric as an engineer, and the 
family moved to Warren, OH. Bill would work in many different 
capacities while there, and made many lifetime friends there as well. 
Bill and Anne and family were a staple of the Northeast Warren 
neighborhood, where neighborhood kids were welcomed as their own, which 
would be a theme throughout Bill's life. He had so many hobbies and 
things that he loved to do, and with each came along an entire group of 
good friends and he enjoyed all of their company. Hunting, sailing, 
wine making, tennis and his MG.
  He was a gifted but humble artist. He spent many summers at Mosquito 
Lake sailing at the Cortland Conservation Club, and enjoyed the banter 
of the Panera crew. He could be seen cruising around in his MG with 
Elmo riding ``shotgun.'' Nothing meant more to him then spending time 
with friends and family. Sadly

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Anne would pass in 1996, and Bill would later retire from Packard. A 
few years later, Bill would be reenergized when he remarried Arlene 
Boyle (McNicholas), and Bill would welcome her children as his own. The 
two would spend many summers enjoying the Poconos at her cottage on 
Long Lake.
  To carry on Bill's memory he leaves behind his brother Robert Flynn 
of Centreville, VA, a son William Flynn, III (Mariella Fraijia) of 
Warren, OH, a daughter Tara Breuer (Herm) of Warren, OH, stepchildren 
Jennifer Beck (Frank) of Poland, OH, Jacqueline Boyle (Tim Lanza) of 
Columbus, OH, Terri Boyle of Calabash, NC, John Boyle (Patty) of 
Springfield, NJ, Arlene Ferraro (Todd) of Bradfordwoods, PA, 
granddaughters Bailey Breuer, Emily Breuer, stepgrandchildren Simone 
Boyle, Sophia Lanza, Lauren Hinkle, Tim Beck, Tom Beck, Elizabeth 
Criscione, Christopher Boyle, Tavish Boyle, Blair Boyle, Cagney Boyle, 
Dillon Grace Ferraro, Chase Ferraro and Jack Ferraro and three great 
grandchildren, many in-laws, nieces and nephews and cousins. Through 
research it was determined that Bill was the ``Greatest Grandpa Ever'' 
this was verified by a T-Shirt and a coffee mug.
  He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Geraldine Flynn, 
his wife Anne, and his second wife Arlene.

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