"So many congressmen and senators when they leave office become lobbyists. "What a wonderful public servant he was," O'Brien said. O'Brien will officiate at Kleczka's funeral. There's new life that comes from generosity and goodness," said Father Tim O'Brien, director of MU's Les Aspin Center for Government. Marquette awarded him an honorary doctorate of law degree in 2005. Then Kleczka donated his campaign funds of $300,000 to endow what became in 2005 the Kleczka Internship Program. When Marquette University started an internship program in Washington, D.C., in 1984 for students interested in careers in government and public service, Kleczka was a supporter - inviting students to his office, organizing gatherings and helping make contacts. Now being a senior myself, I sure value his stewardship." "He was a really ardent supporter of our seniors. "I have an African cloth that I cherish that he gave me from one of his trips," said Moore. Though Kleczka supported another candidate during the primary, after Moore won he helped her through the transition to Washington. Gwen Moore succeeded Kleczka in the 4th Congressional District. "No one was better at watching the taxpayers' dollar and no one fought harder for the great city of Milwaukee," Feingold said. Russ Feingold met Kleczka when he ran for state Senate in 1982 and remembered him as a serious, hard-working legislator.
He was noted for his legislation that helped protect seniors in public housing, banned "drive-through" baby deliveries when insurance companies forced some women to leave hospitals soon after giving birth and restricted Supplementary Security Income benefits for alcoholics and drug addicts.įormer U.S. Kleczka served on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and twice voted against going to war - the Gulf War in 1991 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. "He was always the same guy from the south side of Milwaukee." "He was a longstanding member of Congress but you'd never know it," said Peter Barca, who recently stepped down as Assembly minority leader. He was remembered by people who served with him in government for his friendly, easy-going manner, his grasp of issues, work ethic and lack of ego. Kleczka, 73, died of natural causes Sunday at a care facility in the Madison area, said his nephew Jeff Kleczka. "You can go out feet first, and that's not my desire, or you can say, 'I think we've served with distinction,' and this is the time to go home and seek a new challenge," Kleczka told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dave Umhoefer in January 2004. He had succeeded Clement Zablocki, who suffered a heart attack in his office and died a few days later, and Kleczka did not want the same thing to happen to him. Jerry Kleczka grew up on Milwaukee's south side and never forgot where he came from as he rose up through the Legislature and then represented his hometown in Congress for two decades.Ī Democrat, Kleczka never lost an election - there were 17 - and then shocked everyone when he decided at age 60 to retire from Congress. Please contact Assistant Library Director Jenny Davies at with any questions.View Gallery: Photos: Obit, Jerry Kleczka, representative in Congress for 20 years.The library will have limited book carts and wheelie bins to aide authors in transporting their items.The organization and assignation of tables will be the responsibility of the library. Each author will be given a round or rectangular table to use with two chairs.The library will not be handling any transactions. Authors will be responsible for the sale of their work.Authors are responsible for set up and clean up of their table and will be welcome to begin setup at 8:00 a.m.There is no cost to reserve a table, but space is limited. Meg Jones Author Fest is being held inside the Civic Center during Oak Creek's popular Saturday Farmer's Market in Drexel Town Square and is sure to draw a crowd. Local authors and authors with a connection to Wisconsin are invited to register for a table to showcase and sell their work. This Author Fest is dedicated to her memory. Meg Jones was an Oak Creek resident, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Reporter, published author, and public library advocate.
Oak Creek Public Library's 4th Author Fest and first ever Meg Jones Author Fest, is being held on Saturday, Augfrom 9:00 a.m. Join other Wisconsin authors and authors with a Wisconsin connection to showcase and sell your work at the Oak Creek Public Library.
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