[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12853]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING MR. AND MRS. MIGUEL NEGRON

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                            HON. ALBIO SIRES

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 2008

  Mr. SIRES. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. and Mrs. 
Miguel Negron on being honored by the Puerto Rican Cultural Committee 
of Hoboken on Saturday, June 21, 2008. Miguel and Nelly Negron came to 
the United States in the 1950s from Utado, Puerto Rico, through 
Patchogue, Long Island, before establishing themselves in Hoboken, New 
Jersey, in 1963. With their two children, Edith and Ivette, the Negrons 
began a new life and started their long commitment to their community. 
Miguel joined his cousin Israel Bula as a partner in the Bula Superette 
located in First and Garden Street in Hoboken. He later left the 
partnership and bought a bodega on his own where he and Nelly spent 6 
days a week serving the neighborhood with native Hispanic food products 
for a total of 22 years.
  In 1982 Nelly retired, and in 1985 Miguel joined her in retirement, 
although they hardly rested. Instead they cared for their three 
grandchildren. Miguel also continued to support his community by 
investing in real estate around the neighborhood and offering 
investment advice to his friends and neighbors.
  Mr. and Mrs. Negron currently reside in the Caparra Home Townhouses 
in Hoboken, New Jersey, and are faithful parishioners of Saint Francis 
Church. The couple has been married for 55 years and they enjoy a 
fruitful life with their family and friends in Hoboken, New Jersey. 
They are proud grandparents of Benjamin Michael and Vanessa M. Vega, 
and their youngest, Ashley Smulders. Please join me in honoring Miguel 
and Nelly Negron for all their accomplishments and years of commitment 
as residents of Hoboken, New Jersey.

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