[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 118 (Monday, July 20, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E705-E706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MR. AL ADREVENO

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                          HON. SAM T. LICCARDO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 20, 2026

  Mr. LICCARDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life and 
legacy of Mr. Al Adreveno, who passed away on May 18, 2026, in Half 
Moon Bay, California, at the age of 102. A lifelong farmer, a World War 
II veteran, and a civic leader on the Coastside for more than three 
decades, Adreveno shaped the Coastside into a better community for all.
  Born on July 17, 1923, in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, 
Adreveno grew up in Colma, California, where his Italian family worked 
on a produce ranch.
  In 1943, Adreveno joined the United States Army Corps of Engineers 
and served on an elite team in the Pacific Theater that participated in 
the liberation of Okinawa. After the Japanese surrender, he served in 
Korea until coming home to San Francisco in 1946.
  He returned to his job at the flower nursery where he had worked 
before the war. There, he met Eda, and the couple married in 1947. A 
few years later, they purchased a ranch in Half Moon Bay, founding 
Daylight Nursery in 1954, where they grew field flowers, including 
irises, daffodils, and daisies. Nestled among the hills of the 
Coastside, the property provided the home and livelihood for their 
wider family for more than fifty years.
  In addition to his agricultural work, Adreveno dedicated more than 
three decades to public service across the Coastside.
  On the Half Moon Bay School Board, he helped lead a successful bond 
campaign to

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build a new high school, and he worked to unify three school districts 
into one. He later served eight years on the City Planning Commission, 
followed by twelve years on the City Council (including four years as 
Mayor), and sixteen years on the Coastside County Water District Board.
  Beyond his public accomplishments, Adreveno embraced life with 
enthusiasm and curiosity. He enjoyed golfing, tending his vegetable 
garden, and traveling with Eda, his wife of 71 years. The couple played 
a pivotal role in establishing the Parish Council at Our Lady of the 
Pillar Church. His family and friends remember the twinkle in his eye, 
his warm smile, and his upbeat nature.
  The couple took immense pride in their family who survives them: 
their daughter and son-in-law, Eda and John Muller; their 
granddaughters, Heidi Bianchi and Trudy Muller; grandson-in-law, Aldo 
Bianchi; and their great-grandchildren, Delfina and Lorenzo Bianchi; 
and many nieces and nephews.
  Al Adreveno sowed a legacy of military service, agricultural 
entrepreneurship, and community leadership that will benefit 
Coastsiders for generations.

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