[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11079-11080]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             IN REMEMBRANCE OF MRS. ANNA ALICE OMILANOWSKI

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of Mrs. Anna 
Alice Omilanowski who passed away on July 9, 2011.
  Mrs. Omilanowski was the daughter of Joseph and Bernice Lewanski, who 
emigrated from Poland and passed through Ellis Island. She was the 
oldest of nine children, and grew up on East 40th Street and Superior 
Avenue.
  Anna was a hard worker and took great pride in her work, especially 
when she worked in a factory that assembled torpedoes during World War 
II. Later, she applied her strong work ethic to a variety of other 
positions, including washing dishes at Pete's Wayside Inn, cleaning 
Parma Schools and working for Broadview Savings and Loan.

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  She married, Chester, a concentration camp survivor, on June 14, 1958 
at St. Casimir Church in Cleveland. Together they raised five children. 
Mrs. Omilanowski always felt that her most important achievement was 
having her children by her side.
  Anna was involved in her children's activities and was an avid bowler 
and card player. I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Omilanowski during 
the 1970s on more than one occasion at card parties and was always 
moved by her kindness.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Mrs. Anna 
Alice Omilanowski, a woman whose fun-loving personality, fighting 
spirit, incredible work ethic, and undying compassion for those around 
her will be sorely missed.

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