[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2755-H2756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CLARISSA ROZENBOOM CELEBRATES 100 YEARS

  (Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate a very 
special day for a woman in my district, but I also want to say how 
joyful it is to see people's faces and smiles now that we are following 
the science and not fining the science.
  I am rising today to celebrate a very special day for a woman in my 
district. Last week on June 8, Clarissa Rozenboom of Oskaloosa, Iowa, 
celebrated her 100th birthday. Clarissa was

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born and raised on a farm in Mahaska County, Iowa, and is the oldest of 
five siblings.
  In the 1930s many children who were raised on farms elected not to 
attend high school, but Clarissa was inspired by her aunt to not only 
attend high school but to continue her education through courses at 
William Penn University, which is still in Oskaloosa today.
  In the early 1940s, her love for children and teaching led her to 
pursue a career in education at Bryan County school, a small school 
south of New Sharon.
  On August 14, 1945, Clarissa married her husband, Gerald, and 
together they had six children: Allan, Calvin, Norman, Kathleen, David, 
and Ken, who is a State senator and my colleague in the State senate in 
Iowa.
  Clarissa, I wish you all the joy in the world as you celebrate this 
with your loved ones.

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