[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        A TRIBUTE TO MADAME FAUSTA DELBEAU ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 28, 2005

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Fausta Delbeau 
in honor of her 100th birthday which she will celebrate on April 30.
  Fausta was born in Jacmel, Haiti on April 30, 1905. She was married 
to Jeannel Delbeau. They had seven children: Nirva, Paulette, Yves, 
Marie-Theresa, Jean Claude, Claudette and Adeline. She moved to Cuba in 
the 1940's before Fidel Castro's rise to power. Fausta left in the 
1960's, just a little while after Castro took over, migrating to the 
United States of America where she has permanently resided since then.
  Mrs. Fausta Delbeau has been a U.S. citizen for more than 20 years. 
She has worked very hard, through difficult and trying times and 
circumstances, to educate and provide for her immediate and extended 
family members.
  A devout Christian believer in the Seventh-Day Adventist message, 
Mrs. Delbeau has been an active and fervent member of the Hebron S.D.A. 
Church in Brooklyn, NY. She is now a member of Maranatha! French & 
Creole Speaking S.D.A. Church in Queens, NY. She has always devoted her 
heart to the work of charity and community service both with the church 
and in her personal life.
  Mr. Speaker, Madame Fausta Delbeau has lived a long and fruitful life 
in three different countries. She has remained true to her Christian 
beliefs throughout her 100 years and as such is worthy of our 
recognition today.

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