[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH M. DeMARIA

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 30, 2001

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the late Mr. Joseph 
M. DeMaria, a member of the Shrewsbury Democratic Town Committee. His 
active participation in monthly Sunday morning meetings will be sorely 
missed.
  Mr. DeMaria was a construction engineer with the Massachusetts Bay 
Transportation Authority, serving on the Worcester Commuter Rail 
Extension Project. He was a member of the United States Army Infantry 
following Officers' Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia, and 
served in the National Guard.
  He was a member of the Engineering and Technical Union Local 5, St. 
Anne's Church, Shrewsbury Knights of Columbus-Adelphi Council 4181, 
Italian American Victory Club, and formerly a member of the 
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 4. In 1973, the 
Massachusetts Jaycees named him Outstanding Young Leader of the Year.
  Mr. DeMaria was an active campaigner, a Town Meeting Member for 20 
years, a member of the Shrewsbury Cable TV Commission, and a delegate 
to State Democratic Conventions. His participation and Leadership in 
Little League, Youth football, and coaching of the Victor Quaranta Post 
397 American Legion is legendary.
  Mr. DeMaria's devotion to his family, including his sons Frank, Joe, 
Anthony and Paul, was well known. Therefore, it is a great pleasure to 
honor Joseph DeMaria at the 2001 Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award 
for a life that embodied the values of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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