[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27733]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         TRIBUTE TO ANN MELLON

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 1, 1999

  Mr. McGOVERN.  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the life of a great 
American, Ann Mellon, from my hometown, Worcester, Massachusetts. Ann 
was an amazing woman. She was known throughout the community as mother 
to all those in need, loving all children no matter whose they were.
  Working with Catholic Charities she served as a foster mother to over 
116 children whom she loved with all her heart and being. It is my 
opinion that the whole world is a better place because of her work.
  A loving wife and mother, Ann was a nurse and caregiver to all those 
who needed care. She gave enduringly of herself, always with compassion 
and most of all love. She was a happy person, always laughing with the 
children she loved so dearly. Her door was always opened to the hungry. 
She was always able to provide them with a meal, a laugh, and a good 
dose of the best medicine of all, the medicine of the heart. Mr. 
Speaker, today I join her family and friends, as well as the entire 
Worcester community, in mourning her passing.

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