[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4977]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF MRS. ESTHER TINT

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 14, 2015

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a real life Rosie the 
Riveter, Mrs. Esther Tint, on her 100th birthday.
  Five years before women gained the right to vote, Mrs. Tint was born 
in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1915 to immigrants Rosa Misefera 
Gaetano and Frank Gaetano. The Gaetanos were a hardworking family, 
raising their children in modest circumstances amidst the coal mines in 
Northeastern Pennsylvania. Mrs. Tint recalls her father carrying home 
large sacks of flour, from which her mother would craft the bread that 
largely sustained the family.
  Following a brief early marriage that produced daughter Phyllis 
Aisenstein, Mrs. Tint began working at International Resistance in 
Philadelphia; soldering and riveting parts for electric boxes that were 
used by the Navy as part of the war effort. Mrs. Tint eventually became 
an inspector at the plant. While there, she met the man who would 
become her second husband, Irving Nydick.
  Married in 1942, Mrs. Tint and Mr. Nydick had three children, Andrea 
Lutz, Lynne Cohen and Jeffrey Nydick. Through her four children, Mrs. 
Tint is the beloved grandmother of Susan Waldman, Josh Aisenstein and 
Jill Karkella, as well as the adored great-grandmother of Emma Waldman, 
Daniel Waldman, AvaGrace Tuft, Arden Rose Tuft and Adrienne Elizabeth 
Tuft.
  After raising her children, Mrs. Tint began working at the Federation 
of Jewish Agencies Thrift Shop in Center City. She was a treasured and 
tireless worker there for 17 years. During her tenure at the thrift 
shop, following the death of Mr. Nydick, she met her final husband, 
widower Bernard Tint. The Tints married in 1977. Their marriage lasted 
until Bernie's death in 2004 at age 94. Through their marriage, Mrs. 
Tint is the cherished stepmother of Frankee Greenberg and step-
grandmother of Sherry and Gayle Greenberg.
  Still sharp as a tack and always elegantly turned out, Mrs. Tint 
eagerly follows politics and current events. She hopes to live long 
enough to see a female President of the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in paying tribute 
to an outstanding citizen and patriotic daughter of immigrants, Mrs. 
Esther Tint, as she celebrates her 100th birthday.

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