[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO COLONEL EDWARD A. OWSLEY

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 21, 2004

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Colonel Edward Owsley of Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
  Colonel Owsley was born on March 13, 1913, in Marshall, MO. He joined 
the Missouri National Guard in 1931 and was called to active duty in 
1940 at Camp Robinson, AR. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 
of Infantry during World War II and served in the Far East Campaigns. 
He continued to serve after the war and retired in 1966 with the rank 
of Colonel.
  Since 1966, Colonel Owsley devoted his life to public service. He 
served 20 years as the executive vice president of the Rolla Area 
Chamber of Commerce and later as the group's ambassador. He was a 
former state president of the Association of the United States Army, on 
the board of the Community Development Corp., adviser to Lambda Chi 
fraternity and an Honorary Knight of St. Patrick.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join me in offering our 
deepest condolences to his two daughters, Linda Clift and Pat Jordan of 
Rolla, MO. Let us offer our gratitude for his many years of service to 
the United States of America.

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