[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14360]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO ELFLORA K. AIKMAN

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                          HON. DAVID D. PHELPS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 1999

  Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
Elflora K. Aikman of Marion, IL. On July 1 of this year, Elflora will 
retire from the Marion Senior Citizens Center as Administrator. For 
twenty years, since February of 1981, Elflora has done an outstanding 
job at Marion Senior Citizens Center where she will be sorely missed. 
Elflora has been a blessing to both the Marion Senior Citizens Center 
and to the residents of Southern Illinois.
  Mr. Speaker, as the nation ages, and our senior citizens live longer 
and longer, it can sometimes be a burden to families both financially 
and psychologically to give appropriate care to the seniors they love. 
I know everyday that families across the Southern Illinois and America 
struggle with this hardship. Elflora has eased this burden on countless 
families by providing a nurturing and wonderful place for the elderly. 
I am sure that her hard work and diligence at the Marion Senior 
Citizens Center has provided many families, who sought caring geriatric 
care for their loved ones, with answers to their prayers.
  Elflora helped to create the Marion Senior Citizens Center in 1981 
and since then has played a leading role in making it the exceptional 
Senior Center it is today. She has also been extremely active in the 
community as a whole and particularly at her church, where she has 
served as a Sunday School teacher, member of the Church Council, Logos 
instructor, organist, pianist and choir member. This year on Christmas 
Eve, Elflora will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of her marriage to her 
husband Sam. She has a large and loving family, who I am sure she will 
spend a great deal of her time with, when she is not playing her piano 
or gardening. Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish Elflora the best of 
luck in her retirement and God's speed. Her accomplishments will not 
soon be forgotten and never overlooked.

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