[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MR. DEAN J. UTEGG

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 17, 2006

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Mr. Dean 
J. Utegg, a lifelong resident of Chautauqua County and a truly 
remarkable man.

                             Dean J. Utegg

                             [May 9, 2006]

       Dean J. Utegg, 35, of 24 Maple Ave., Ripley died on Monday, 
     May 8, 2006 at Select Specialty Hospital after a lengthy 
     illness due to diabetes.
       He was born on April 18, 1971, in Erie, to Fred L. Utegg of 
     Ripley, and the late Joan L. Rizzo Utegg (1990).
       He was a lifetime resident of Ripley, where he graduated 
     from Ripley Central High School, and attended the State 
     University at Fredonia.
       He presently served as Ripley town supervisor and as 
     district treasurer of Chautauqua Lake Central School, until 
     recent retirement due to illness. He was also formerly 
     employed at Mellon Bank in Erie for several years, and served 
     as chairman of the Ripley and Chautauqua Democratic 
     Committees, and was a former member of the Chautauqua Young 
     Democrats. He also served as secretary for the Saturday Night 
     Bowling League.
       He was a member of St. Thomas More Church in Ripley and the 
     Brotherhood of St. Joseph in North East. He loved bowling, 
     golfing and was an avid true Cleveland Browns fan.
       Besides his father, he is survived by his partner, Jai 
     Trippy of Ripley; brothers: Stephen C. Utegg and his wife, 
     Linda, and Mark A. Utegg and his wife, Lisa, both of North 
     East, Pa.; sister, Belinda Mulholland and her husband, 
     Timothy of Dewittville; several nieces and nephews, whom he 
     was very close to; several aunts and uncles; and his friend, 
     Miniature Dachshund, Brownie.
       Friends may call at the William D. Elkin Funeral Home, 65 
     South Lake St., North East on Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. and 
     Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and are invited to attend 
     prayer services on Friday at 9:45 a.m. at the funeral home, 
     followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. 
     Gregory. Interment St. Gregory Cemetery. Memorials may be 
     made to the American Diabetes Association, Pittsburgh Office, 
     300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 602, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15235 or 
     Ripley Hose Co., Ripley, NY., 14775.

  Dean was a man who fully understood how to live life to its fullest 
and that, Mr. Speaker, is why I rise to honor him today.

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