[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 194 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1085-E1086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING GLENDOLA RUNIS

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 18, 2025

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a very special person, 
Glendola Runis, of Lexington, Kentucky. She celebrates her 104th 
birthday on November 20, 2025.
  Mrs. Runis was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. Mrs. Runis became a 
nurse and served in the United States Navy. She was stationed at Mare 
Island Naval Hospital in California and was on active duty from June 
13, 1945 until May 14, 1946. One of the many wounded service members 
that she helped was John Runis, who lost his lower arm during combat. 
They married in California and moved back to Wisconsin, John's home 
state.
  Mr. and Mrs. Runis had three daughters, Lisa, Linda, and Gloria, and 
a son, John, Jr. Their son died when he was sixteen. The family moved 
to Green Valley, Arizona in 1978. Mr. Runis passed away in 1992 and she 
moved back home to Kentucky to be near family.
  Mrs. Runis is to be commended for serving our Nation during World War 
II. It took great courage and patriotism to leave Kentucky, travel 
across the country, and treat wounded service members. She and all the 
men and women who served truly are the ``Greatest Generation'' as they 
protected our freedoms that we hold so dear as Americans. We cannot 
thank them enough for their service and their sacrifice.
  It is my honor to recognize, before the House of Representatives, the 
patriotic service of Glendola Runis during her military career. It is 
also my honor to wish her a Happy 104th Birthday.

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