[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A TRIBUTE TO NORMA DUFFIELD ``DUFFY'' STONG LYON

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 8, 2011

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of Mrs. 
Norma Duffield ``Duffy'' Stong Lyon. Most Iowans would know her as 
Iowa's beloved ``Butter Cow Lady.''
  For nearly a half-century, Mrs. Lyon shared her artistic skills with 
travelers from all over the world at the Iowa State Fair by creating a 
life-size sculpture of a dairy cow made from hundreds of pounds of 
butter. In fact, after crafting her first cow in 1960, she subsequently 
crafted 46 of the butter cow sculptures the Iowa State Fair has 
displayed over the past 100 years.
  As many other community members know, Mrs. Lyon used her notoriety to 
raise funds for charitable projects in Toledo, Iowa for the betterment 
of the community.
  Mrs. Lyon's family, including her husband Joe, nine children, twenty-
three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren, along with hundreds 
of members of the community gathered to pay their respects to the 
``Butter Cow Lady'' on Friday July 1, 2011.
  It is an honor to have personally seen and enjoyed the butter cow 
sculptures at the Iowa State Fair for years, and I know my colleagues 
will join me in celebrating the life of the Mrs. Norma Duffield 
``Duffy'' Stong Lyon.

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