[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15361]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING REVEREND WILLIAM GLUCK FOR FIFTY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE 
                      TO COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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                           HON. CHERI BUSTOS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 2, 2017

  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Reverend William 
Herbert Gluck, fondly known as ``Preacher Bill,'' of Andalusia for his 
fifty years of service to Community Baptist Church.
  Preacher Bill was born on October 15, 1936 to William and Catherine 
Gluck, and grew up in Moline. After graduating from Moline High School 
in 1954, Preacher Bill enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served for 
eight years. After leaving the Army in 1962, Preacher Bill served as a 
pastor for a short time in Georgia, and volunteered at Central Baptist 
Church in Moline before finally beginning his impressive tenure at 
Community Baptist in Andalusia in October of 1967. In August of 1968, 
Preacher Bill married his wife, Carol, who sadly passed away in 2011. 
He has been blessed with six children, ten grandchildren, and one 
great-grandchild.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Preacher Bill once again for 
his dedicated service to Community Baptist Church over the last five 
decades. I wish him, his church, and his family nothing but the very 
best in all the years ahead.

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