Madam Speaker. I rise to honor Mrs. Marguerite Cantini of Fort Lauderdale. FL. who will turn 100 years old on Mrs. Cantini is the paradigm of her generation. Her parents immigrated to the United States. making her the first generation of her family to be born on U.S. soil. She was the second daughter to her parents. Edgar and Thea Barbe. who had recently arrived in New York. The family moved to California and then returned to the East Coast. In 1936. she married Raphael S. Cantini. a surgeon from New Jersey. and together. they raised a family. She dedicated her life to the welfare and happiness of those around her.
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