[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31307]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    MEMORIALIZING MR. MANUEL CARDOZA

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                          HON. GARY A. CONDIT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 22, 1999

  Mr. CONDIT. Mr. Speaker, today is a very sad occasion and I would 
like to ask for a moment of silence on the House floor to honor the 
passing of a good friend of mine, Mr. Manuel Cardoza.
  Though we are saddened by his passing from us Thursday afternoon, and 
I know that his precious wife Mary and his sons, Dennis and Bobby will 
miss him terribly, I am equally comforted in the knowledge that Manuel 
passed on to a better place.
  Mr. Speaker, I've known the Cardoza family for a good many years. 
They are a living legacy of the American Dream. Manuel's parents came 
to the United States from the Island of Pico in the Azores as immigrant 
farmers and made the most of the opportunity they found here.
  A lifetime resident of California's great Central Valley, Manuel and 
Mary were long time residents of Atwater, after Manuel was born in 
Hanford. He farmed with his father and brother until 1945 when he left 
the family farm to serve in the US Maritime Service. In 1947 he 
returned to Atwater and farming until 1960 when he built Bellevue Bowl. 
He served as a director of the Merced County Mosquito Abatement Board 
for 30 years and held memberships in the Atwater Rotary Club and Merced 
Elks Lodge.
  Manuel is survived by his wife Mary, his sons Bobby and Dennis and 
three grandchildren, Jim, Tommy and Brittany.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in honoring Manuel 
Cardoza.

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