[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 96 (Thursday, June 24, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1195]
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                       IN MEMORY OF DONNA JEVENS

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 2010

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, I rise in memory Donna Jevens, a close 
friend of mine and my wife, Janice, and anyone who ever knew her or 
worked with her.
  Donna was a vivacious woman who was the center of all that was 
positive. She worked with me for nearly 7 years in my Ventura County 
office, retiring to Surprise, Arizona, with her husband and high school 
sweetheart, Jim, in 2000. Donna was one of my case workers, handling 
every problem with efficiency and great empathy for the people whose 
problems she helped to solve. My staff do not consider themselves 
coworkers; they are family and Donna was an intregal member of our 
family.
  She also worked for another member of this chamber, Representative 
Tom McClintock, when Tom was a State representative. Tom and I both 
remember an unflappable personality with an ever-present smile. Her 
very presence brightened a room.
  Just before she died earlier this month, Janice and I traveled with 
my district director Paula Sheil to Arizona to visit Donna and Jim. 
Though near death, Donna was still upbeat and positive. She was a 
remarkable woman and will be remembered dearly.
  Prior to her work with Representative McClintock and me, Donna was an 
elementary school teacher. Donna was a proud member of the Alpha Gamma 
Delta Sorority at the University of Wisconsin, from which she graduated 
in 1961. She was also a longtime member of P.E.O., Camarillo Chapter 
UM, in California.
  During their retirement, Donna and Jim traveled the world and often 
visited their children and grandchildren.
  Aside from Jim, her husband of nearly 50 years, Donna is survived by 
her son, Rob, in Chicago; and son, Tom, daughter-in-law Heather, and 
granddaughters Emily and Allison, in San Jose, California.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in sending our 
condolences to Donna's family and in remembering a remarkable public 
servant, mom, grandmother, wife and friend whose spirit will live 
within us forever.
  Godspeed, Donna.

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