[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             A TRIBUTE TO LEVERT HOAG A WONDERFUL AMERICAN

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 14, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I wish to 
take this moment to recognize the remarkable life and significant 
achievements of one of Pueblo's leading ladies. Though she is gone, she 
will live on in the hearts of all who knew her and be remembered for 
long years by many who didn't.
  LeVert Hoag, married to the late Pueblo chieftain publisher, Frank 
Hoag, Jr., died at the age of 87. She was known as an outgoing, 
enthusiastic, kind and warm person. Mrs. Hoag had a deep interest in 
the community, from the time she moved there in 1935. She was an 
integral part to Pueblo, helping out any where she could to make the 
Pueblo community a better place to live.
  She was the chairman of the first Service League Follies in 1937, 
member of the Pueblo Community College Foundation, sponsor of the Hoag 
Theater, member of the Pueblo Hall of Fame and was also active in the 
United Way, the Pueblo County Tuberculosis and Health Association and 
the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Mrs. Hoag also served on the board 
of the Pueblo Civic Symphony and was also an honorary chairman of the 
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum.
  LeVert Hoag is someone who will be missed by all of us. Those who 
knew of her will miss spending time with her. We, as a society, have 
lost someone who was rare to begin with. Mrs. Hoag made the ultimate 
sacrifice to help a total stranger. Hopefully we can all learn from the 
example that LeVert Hoag set.


And, perhaps, we can all try to become a little bit more like her.

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