[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING MR. JACK HILER ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                          HON. JACKIE WALORSKI

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 26, 2015

  Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Jack Hiler, who 
will retire as the President and CEO of Stripco. During his more than 
30 years of service, Mr. Hiler grew Stripco from a small steel company 
to a bustling family business.
  Born in 1947, Mr. Hiler graduated from Penn High School and married 
Kathy, his high school sweetheart. In 1984, Mr. Hiler, along with his 
brother Ed, and his business partner Jerry Munger, purchased a portion 
of Sharp Steel and founded Stripco. Thanks to the success of the new 
company, two years later Stripco expanded and moved to a new 26 acre 
property in Osceola, Indiana.
  For the past 43 years, Mr. Hiler and his wife have lived in Osceola, 
raising three sons and enjoying their ten grandchildren and recently 
built a home in Jimtown where they plan to live out their retirement. 
Family has been such an integral part of Mr. Hiler's life that his sons 
have followed into the family business of working at Stripco.
  Through all of this, Mr. Hiler has led the business to major growth 
and expansion to the benefit of the local community and his family. 
Today, Stripco employs over 140 employees and provides a wide variety 
of value-added steel processes and produces and ships more than 100,000 
tons of products.
  Mr. Hiler has also been a dedicated public servant to his community, 
giving generously to Grace Baptist Church in Osceola to support 
missions and faith-based organizations that provide medical care, clean 
water to people across the world. He is a longtime supporter of local 
4-H programs and is known for his willingness to help his employees and 
support causes important to them.
  Mr. Hiler's work both in founding Stripco and as a community servant 
exemplify his dedication to Indiana. It is an honor to recognize Mr. 
Hiler on the occasion of his retirement from over three decades of 
contributions.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Mr. Jack Hiler upon his retirement from Stripco. He has 
brought joy to countless individuals through his support and leadership 
and I sincerely thank him for his service, and wish him the very best 
in all of his future endeavors.

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