[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 42 (Friday, March 10, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E314]
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                     HONORING MARJORIE J. McCONNELL

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                           HON. LOIS FRANKEL

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 10, 2017

  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
Marjorie J. McConnell of Boca Raton, Florida who turns 100 years old 
today.
  Marjorie J. McConnell was born just outside of St. Louis, Missouri on 
March 10, 1917 to Ethel Franklin and Benjamin Hughes Johnson. She was 
interested in art from an early age, and she obtained degrees in Art 
and Art Education at Washington University in St. Louis and later at 
Columbia Teacher's College in New York.
  She dedicated herself to her students for over three decades in her 
career as an art teacher, which took her to Ossining, New York and 
Plainfield, New Jersey. Together with her husband, the late Robert K. 
McConnell, Jr., she raised a son and continued her creative pursuits 
through weaving, ceramics, and painting. Her work received recognition 
at art shows from New Jersey to Ohio. Marjorie has always been a 
staunch supporter of environmental initiatives and progressive causes 
and continues to create art in Boca Raton, Florida, where she resides 
today.

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