[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 341-342]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF GENEVIEVE M. KUZIA

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 5, 2017

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Genevieve M. 
Kuzia, who is turning 100 years old on January 5, 2017.
  Gerry, as she is known to all, was one of seven daughters born to 
Stephanie and Anthony Kazmierezyk in Boston, Massachusetts. As a child 
Gerry moved with her family down to Delaware for three years so her 
father could work on the railroad. In 1923, they moved back to the 
Commonwealth and settled in Hyde Park. After finishing at Hyde Park 
High School in 1935, Gerry worked for a law firm in Boston for several 
years.
  It was at the wedding of a family friend that Gerry met Francis A. 
Kuzia, who had just been honorably discharged from the Marine Corps. 
Francis, or Frank as he was known, and Gerry fell in love and were 
married on July 13, 1942 and settled in Hyde Park to

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have three children--Paul, Susan and Robert. After raising three 
wonderful children and spending her time as a fulltime caring and 
loving mother, Gerry went back to work for the Hyde Park branch of the 
Boston Public Library where she worked for 16 years till her retirement 
in 1982.
  After losing the love of her life, Frank, in 1993, Gerry moved to 
Braintree, Massachusetts before moving to the Cape Cod Senior 
Residences in 2009 due to failing eyesight. Always armed with a smile 
and a kind word, Gerry is beloved at Cape Cod Senior Residences.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Gerry on this joyous occasion. I ask 
that my colleagues join me in wishing her many more years of good 
health and continued happiness.

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