[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4457-4458]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE LIFE OF ALFRED EMIL KLINGENFUS

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                            HON. GEOFF DAVIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 17, 2011

  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on March 10, 2011, Alfred ``Al'' 
Klingenfus of Crestwood, Kentucky passed away after a lifetime of 
humbly serving the people of Oldham County.
  Mr. Klingenfus was born in 1918 in Crestwood, and graduated from 
Crestwood High School.
  In addition to being a lifelong dairy farmer, he served for decades 
on the Oldham County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

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Service Committee and the Oldham County Zoning Appeals Board. He also 
played a key role in establishing the Oldham County Water District.
  In 2008, Mr. Klingenfus was named one of the county's ``Living 
Treasures'' by the Oldham Era newspaper and the Oldham County 
Historical Society.
  He was the loving husband of his wife, Etta, for more than sixty-six 
years, the father of five sons, the grandfather of eleven, and the 
great-grandfather of twelve.
  Our thoughts and prayers are with Al's extended family and his many 
friends as they mourn his loss and celebrate his life.

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