[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CELEBRATING MARY EATON DEAN THIS MOTHER'S DAY

  (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, with Mother's Day coming, I am 
thinking about the one-in-a-million woman who raised my six siblings 
and me.
  I have never before spoken about my mother on the House floor, but 
today I celebrate our beautiful mom, Mary Eaton Dean, here in a photo 
taken many years ago by my grandfather, William Dean.
  Mary Dean was an only child who went on to become the mother of 
seven--five boys, two girls, one for every day's grace, and grandmother 
to 16. She gave freely of her kindness, her wisdom, and her friendship 
throughout our Glenside community.
  Mary Dean was a woman of love. She loved our dad. She loved her life. 
She was a woman of faith, of adventure, and of loyalty. When our 
father, Bob Dean, died at 58, my mom was our anchor, determined to live 
the best life for herself and for us.
  Mr. Speaker, I will say to my siblings, Bob, Harry, Michael, Jim, 
Chris, Maryann, aren't we lucky?
  This Mother's Day, may we celebrate the mothers in our lives and 
honor those no longer with us knowing their lessons of love are forever 
imprinted on our hearts.

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