[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11210]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              RONALD AND ARLENE HAUSER: MODELS FOR US ALL

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                          HON. JAMES A. BARCIA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 26, 1999

  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, people who devote their lives to teaching 
young people many of life's diverse lessons provide one of the most 
valuable services that anyone can. This weekend, the members of 
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bay City will come together to honor Ronald 
and Arlene Hauser for their years of teaching and music ministry, and 
leadership within the school and church. This is a most deserved 
tribute to two people who have touched the lives of literally thousands 
of young people, making a difference for many young people at an 
impressionable age.
  Ron Hauser has been a Called Lutheran school teacher for forty five 
years, and Arlene Hauser has been a Called Lutheran school teacher for 
thirty six years. They have provided instruction to children and adults 
in reading, writing, arithmetic, music, and most importantly, God's 
love in Christ.
  In 1954, Ron Hauser taught grades 1-4, served as Director of Music, 
and assisted the Sunday School, Bible Class, and Youth programs of 
Trinity Lutheran Church in West Seneca, New York. He went on to Peace 
Lutheran Church in Chicago in 1958, where he served as Principal. He 
went on to St. John's Lutheran Church in LaGrange, Illinois in 1968, 
before coming to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bay City in 1988. Here he 
has been a teacher and Coordinator of Music, the Bible class teacher, 
organist, director of the Senior Choir, Men's Choir and Cantate Choir, 
as well as the school Advanced Band. He has also served in a number of 
professional and synodical positions with distinction.
  Arlene Maier first taught at St. James Lutheran School in Grand 
Rapids in 1955. She and Ron Hauser married on June 23, 1956, and had 
three daughters--Lynn Little, Beth Peterson, and Ellen Nyahwihwiri. 
From 1964 through 1968 she was a preschool teacher and organist at Hope 
Lutheran School in Chicago, and then taught at St. John's Lutheran 
School in LaGrange, Illinois from 1968 through 1988. She also came to 
Immanuel in Bay City in 1988, where she taught 2nd grade, and directed 
the handbell choirs, the Women's Choir, Cherub Choir, and other special 
music activities.
  Blessed with three daughters and nine grandchildren, Ronald and 
Arlene Hauser extended their own blessings to every person with whom 
they interacted throughout their careers of caring and devotion. Mr. 
Speaker, as they are honored at their retirement, I urge you and all of 
our colleagues to join me in thanking Ron and Arlene Hauser for their 
years of dedication and accomplishment, and in wishing them the 
greatest happiness possible as they move on to new activities.

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