[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MOURNING THE LOSS OF IMOGENE JOHNSON

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Boren) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BOREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mourn the loss of Imogene 
Johnson of Okemah, Oklahoma, who passed away on September 14, 2011, at 
the age of 90.
  Imi, as we all knew her, was a very close friend of the Boren family, 
and I can remember seeing her face at some of my earliest campaign 
events. She was always there.
  She was the wife of Oklahoma Fourth District Congressman Glen D. 
Johnson, Sr., and the mother to Glen D. Johnson, Jr., the former 
speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and now our current 
Chancellor for Higher Education. She supported both her husband and her 
son faithfully, and I know her son especially will miss her.
  Imi was a civic leader and a dedicated public servant. She was a 
member of the Okemah Chamber of Commerce, an active member and past 
president of the American Legion Auxiliary, and a member of the PEO. In 
1999, the city of Okemah honored her by inducting her into the Okemah 
Hall of Fame for her dedication to her hometown.
  Again, Imi was truly an inspiration to her beloved Oklahoma, and I am 
honored to have called her a friend. I know she has her son and other 
family scattered across the State of Oklahoma, particularly in Okemah. 
She has touched them and many, many other Oklahomans. Again, we will 
greatly miss her.

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