[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15498-15499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING COACH TONY NAPOLET

  (Mr. RYAN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Coach Tony 
Napolet, who was a great man, a person of God, and a great coach.
  We sent him off this morning at his funeral mass at St. Mary's, and I 
wanted to take a few moments here on the House floor to say thank you 
on behalf of all of those who coached with him, played for him, and in 
some way he helped shape so many lives.
  To Natalie and Harold and Mario--his children--Aunt Norma, Aunt 
Marie, Manlio, Christopher, the entire crew, we want to say that we 
sent a great

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man to heaven today who embodied John F. Kennedy High School, Kennedy 
football.
  The one lesson he always taught, Mr. Speaker, was to have a strong 
faith in God, make God your best friend, and treat others the way you 
would like to be treated. He left a major, major impression in the 
Mahoning Valley in Trumbull County in the State of Ohio.
  God bless you, Coach Napolet. You will be missed.

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