[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO REVEREND HAROLD GILLENEY

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 29, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Reverend 
Harold S. Gilleney on the celebration of his 100th birthday on August 
4, 2008.
   Reverend Gilleney was born on August 4, 1908 to William and Ella 
Gilleney. He had one sister, Vera. In 1942, Reverend Gilleney married 
Ida Casey, and together they had one child, later welcoming into the 
family two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. During his 
lifetime, Reverend Gilleney has lived in many places and served in the 
Air Force as a Designated Spotter in World War II. He has served in 
Presbyterian churches in Mountain View, WY, Hanson, NE, Zwingle, IA, 
Mount Vernon, IA, Ft. Des Moines, IA, Grimes, IA, Westminster 
Presbyterian in Ottumwa, IA, and Plymouth Congregational Church in 
Ottumwa. He is still Pastor Emeritus at Westminster Presbyterian in 
Ottumwa. Reverend Gilleney currently lives at the Eastern Star Masonic 
Home in Boone, Iowa where he is on the Resident Council.
   There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred years. Since Reverend Gilleney's birth we have revolutionized 
air travel and walked on the moon. We have invented the television and 
the Internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall 
of Soviet communism and the birth of new democracies. Reverend Gilleney 
has lived through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-four 
Governors of Iowa. In his lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
   I congratulate Reverend Harold S. Gilleney for reaching this 
milestone of a birthday. I am extremely honored to represent Reverend 
Gilleney in the United States Congress, and I wish him happiness and 
health in his future years.

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