[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12603]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CELEBRATING MRS. OZIA MAE STURGIS'S 80TH BIRTHDAY

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 26, 2006

  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wish a very special New 
Yorker, Mrs. Ozia Mae Sturgis, a very happy 80th birthday. Mrs. Sturgis 
commemorated this occasion with family members and friends at a 
birthday tea at the William Hodson Senior Center. I would like to join 
them in celebrating her life, her contributions, and her career of 
community service.
  The eldest of 12 children, she was born Ozia Mae Hammond on June 21, 
1926, in Augusta, Georgia, and moved to New York City in the 1940s, 
where she met and married Jimmie Sturgis.
  Mrs. Sturgis and her husband raised seven children in their Bronx 
home, where she instilled in them the importance of education, a strong 
work ethic, and the value of family. Their children and seven 
grandchildren all still reside in the New York Metropolitan Area.
  She is very active in her church and her community, serving as a past 
president and current Board Member of the William Hodson Senior Center 
in the Bronx. Last year, she was the proud recipient of the Center's 
``Mother of the Year'' award.
  On the occasion of Ozia Mae Sturgis's 80th birthday, I am pleased to 
join her family and friends in wishing her many happy years to come.

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