[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20159]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING STEPHANIE FOTI BELLIAN FOR HER EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND 
             DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2005

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, this article is from the obituary section 
of the Jamestown Post Journal.

                           Stephanie Bellian

       Aug. 30.--Stephanie Foti Bellian, 36, of 38 West Virginia 
     Blvd., died Sunday (Aug. 28, 2005) in her home.
       She was born March 28, 1969, the daughter of Sebastian 
     ``Busty'' Foti and the late Shirley Walz Foti.
       She was a 1987 graduate of Jamestown High School, attended 
     Jamestown Community College, graduate from the University at 
     Fredonia in 1991 and earned her master's degree from St. 
     Bonaventure University. She was assistant director of 
     continuing education at Jamestown Community College where she 
     also taught psychology.
       Active in the community, she was involved with the 
     Chautauqua Leadership Network, Society for Human Resource 
     Management, and the Great Empire Zone Board of Directors. She 
     was also involved with the Southern Tier West Human Resource 
     Committee, the Girl Scouts of Southwestern New York Policy 
     Committee and volunteered with Hospice of Chautauqua County.
       She will be sadly missed by her sister-in-law, Karen Foti, 
     her nephew, Nicholas Foti and her brother-in-law, Joe 
     Samaritano.
       Besides her father of Jamestown, she is survived by a 
     brother, Scott J. Foti of West Seneca; a sister, Stacey 
     Samaritano of Hamburg; and her paternal grandmother, 
     Josephine Foti of Jamestown.
       A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. 
     Thursday in St. James Catholic Church. The Rev. Robert 
     Stolinski, parochial vicar, will be celebrant. Burial will be 
     in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
       Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. 
     Wednesday in the Hubert Funeral Home where a Christian Burial 
     Service will be held at 8:30 p.m.
       Memorials may be made to the Humane Society, 2825 Strunk 
     Road; or Hospice of Chautauqua County, 4840 West Lake Road, 
     Mayville, N.Y., 14757.

  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of this amazing woman.

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