[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5119-5120]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING THE PASSING OF TONY COSTILLO OF AURORA, COLORADO

  (Mr. COFFMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Tony 
Costillo, a longtime friend of mine, from my hometown of Aurora, 
Colorado, who recently passed away.
  Tony and I had a friendship that started in our youth. We had so much 
in common. Tony and I both came from military families. Our late 
fathers had both married war brides in the aftermath of World War II. 
They were career enlisted soldiers who were transferred to Fitzsimons 
Army Medical Center for their last assignment in 1964 when we were both 
just 9 years old. Our military families both came from previous 
assignments in Europe.
  While I followed in my father's footsteps and joined the military, 
Tony stayed in Aurora and eventually married the love of his life, Nita 
Adkins of Pueblo, Colorado.
  Tony and Nita raised two extraordinary children, Ben and Jess, in a 
loving family that has been inseparable.

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  Tony was an extraordinary example of a great friend, a loving 
husband, a devoted father, and he will always be remembered and missed 
by all who knew him.

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