[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2321]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COURAGE OF MARGARET ``PEGGY 
                            SUE'' O'DONNELL

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 4, 2013

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, this Friday, March 8, is the date of the 
official dinner of the Grand Marshal of the 16th Annual Carbon County 
St. Patrick's Day Parade, and today I rise to recognize the leadership 
and community service of this year's Parade Grand Marshal, Margaret 
``Peggy Sue'' O'Donnell.
  Peggy Sue's first real job was in the microfilm department in the 
Carbon County Courthouse in Jim Thorpe, where she worked throughout 
high school and college. For the past 28 years, she has been a package 
car driver for United Parcel Service. She has received many citations 
for safe driving--quite a feat since she delivers packages to all of 
the businesses on Broadway and Race Streets in Jim Thorpe. As her 
customers (and their dogs) will attest, Peggy Sue is the face of UPS in 
Jim Thorpe, and her friendly and outgoing personality makes her an 
outstanding ambassador for her employer and profession in town.
  She is a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jim 
Thorpe. She is a charter member of the Ladies Ancient Order of 
Hibernians, Molly Maguire Division 1, Carbon County, and served as its 
president from 2008-2009. She has also held other volunteer positions 
in town and on the St. Patrick's Day Parade committee, including 
serving as an aide to 2003 Parade Grand Marshal John J. Mulligan.
  Her ``Fighting Irish spirit'' has helped carry her through a 
courageous bout with cancer. Diagnosed in July 2012, she feels it has 
been the continuous prayers and support of friends and family that has 
been the best and most important medicine. Her illness has brought 
together a community in a positive way that no one could have imagined. 
She may have lost her voice, but she has never lost her radiant spirit.
  Mr. Speaker, I send my highest congratulations to ``Peggy Sue'' 
O'Donnell on being named the Grand Marshal of this year's Carbon County 
St. Patrick's Day Parade, and my thoughts and prayers are with her on 
this day and always.

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