[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10262-10263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO LEONA KESTER AND LEO (BILL) STALDER

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 5, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate sister and brother, Leona Kester and Leo (Bill) Stalder, 
on the occasion of their 97th birthday which was celebrated June 2, 
2016.
  Our world has changed greatly during the course of Leona's and Bill's 
lives. Since their birth, we have revolutionized air travel and walked 
on the moon. We have invented the television, cellular phones and the 
internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and witnessed the birth of new democracies. They have 
lived through seventeen United States Presidents and twenty-four 
Governors of Iowa. In their lifetime, the population of the United 
States has more than tripled.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Leona Kester and Leo (Bill) 
Stalder in the United States Congress. It is my sincere

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pleasure to wish them a very happy 97th birthday. I invite my 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in congratulating 
them on reaching this incredible milestone together, wishing them even 
more health and happiness in the years to come.

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