[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                IN LOVING MEMORY OF DOMITILIA DOMINGUEZ

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                             HON. JOE BACA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 15, 2000

  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, it is with much sadness that I inform my 
colleagues of the passing of a great individual, a person who graced 
our world and our lives with so much love and compassion.
  Domitilia Dominguez, the grandmother, and godmother, of my dear wife, 
Barbara, passed away yesterday, on Valentine's Day, at Victorville 
Hospital in California. She was a long-time resident of Barstow, CA. 
Domitilia lived a very full and a very fulfilling life, a life graced 
by her husband, who passed away 20 years ago, with whom she was blessed 
by eight children: Ted, Flora, Margaret, Frank, Albert, Fabiola, Liz, 
and Larry. These children and many grandchildren brought tremendous joy 
and inspiration into their lives.
  Domitilia Dominguez was and remains so much a tremendous person in 
our thoughts and in our memories. I appreciate so much and will long 
remember the many good and positive things she brought into my life and 
into the life of my wife, Barbara Dominguez Baca, our children, Joe, 
Jr., Jeremy, Nataline, and Jenifer, and our grandchildren, Katie Baca 
and Anthony Baca Ramos. I join with Domitila's friends and family 
members in honoring such a truly remarkable and outstanding person, a 
mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, and great-great-
grandmother, to all those who loved her so much.
  Domitilia gave so much to those she loved, and each of us is better 
and more fortunate for what she unselfishly gave to us and gave to our 
world, a world made so much brighter and more gentler by her life and 
her presence.
  Mr. Speaker, we are all gifted by the lives of mothers and 
grandmothers who do so much in guiding our lives and providing us 
comfort and proper direction. I join with all those who loved Domitilia 
Dominguez, in extending our prayers, knowing that God's heaven is 
blessed and graced by one of his most beautiful and loved angels.

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