[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


             CELEBRATING MRS. ANNA WALLACE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2006

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to recognize Mrs. Anna 
Wallace who will celebrate her 100th birthday on September 12, 2006. 
Mrs. Wallace is a lifelong resident of South Buffalo and lives in an 
apartment at 36 Columbus Avenue and her grandson lives upstairs. Anna 
is the daughter of Cecelia and Daniel Hurley, and was raised in the 
family home on Woodside Avenue with two siblings, Cecelia Duggan and 
Daniel Hurley.
  On June 9, 1926, Anna was married to Francis Wallace by the revered 
Reverend John Nash in Holy Family Roman Catholic Church on South Park 
Avenue. She and Francis were married for 71 years until he passed away 
in 1997.
  The Wallaces were always a very social couple and remained active 
well into their eighties. To this day, Anna is a member of the Catholic 
Daughters at Holy Family Church. She and her husband were instrumental 
in starting the second chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Society in the 
nation and they were involved in raising money for the Muscular 
Dystrophy Society, the disease that afflicted their son, Paul. For many 
years Anna was a school aide in the City of Buffalo working with 
handicapped children.
  Anna and Francis had four children, Mary Katherine Jordan (deceased), 
Janet Ann (deceased), Frances Carol Konter, and Paul Francis 
(deceased). She will be celebrating this momentous occasion with her 
daughter, 10 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and 8 great great 
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, thank you for allowing me to pay tribute to Mrs. Anna 
Wallace, a strong and inspirational woman. I am pleased to extend my 
best wishes to Mrs. Wallace upon this very special birthday and further 
wish her health and happiness in the years to come. I ask my colleagues 
to join me in wishing Mrs. Wallace a very happy 100th birthday.

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