[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E352-E353] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Date: 2023-04-25
Chamber: EXTENSIONS
Ms. MATSUI: it is with profound sadness that I rise to honor the life of my good friend, Jane Dallen Hagedorn, who passed away on March 14, 2023, in Sacramento, California. Jane was not only a close friend of mine, and someone I knew for many years, but she was a friend to Sacramento--someone who spent her life dedicated to enriching our community. Jane was committed to public service and championed healthcare and the environment.  Jane was born in 1943 in Marion, Virginia and raised in Port Clinton, Ohio by her parents, John and Helen Dallen, an engineer and a schoolteacher. Jane's love of family, community, books, and the environment followed her through life. Jane attended Lake Erie College in Ohio, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and earned a Master's degree in Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. While in Washington D.C., she met James Hagedorn, with whom she lovingly shared 56 years of marriage. After living in San Francisco, they moved to Sacramento where they raised their family. Jane, a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, is survived by husband James C. (Sacramento), children James A. (Anissa) and Jennifer K. Mikacich (Jared) of Sacramento, and delightful grandchildren Matthew, Julia and John Charles Hagedorn and Jared and Kevan Mikacich. Also survived by brother John Dallen (Frances) and sister Peggy Mekemson (Curtis) along with numerous nieces and nephews and extended family. She spent quality time with her grandchildren-- traveling, reading, playing, teaching--enriching their lives as they enriched hers. Jane spent 32 years as the Founder and CEO of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails Lung Association (now Breathe California). During her time, she was a leader of clean air for all and increased education for all things related to healthy lungs. The successful effort to pass Prop 99 allowed for programs to reduce smoking, to provide health care services to indigents, to support tobacco-related research, and to fund resource programs for the environment. Jane was a founder of the Sacramento Tree Foundation, the California Oaks Fund and the Sacramento Tomorrow Coalition. Jane was the first female Sacramento County Planning Commissioner and recognized by the Sacramento Bee as one of the Most Influential Women in Sacramento County. Always a leader, Jane was a board member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Authority, Arden Park Recreation District, California Planning and Conservation League, Sacramento Symphony, Friends of Light Rail, and Valley Vision; she was also an American Leadership Foundation Fellow. Jane was an author and a volunteer with the Arden-Dimick Friends of the Library. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of Jane Hagedorn--someone who dedicated her life to giving back to our community. Without a doubt, Jane was one of the most generous, intelligent, and thoughtful women I have ever had the privilege to know. Jane provided so much love and kindness to those of us who had the honor to share in her life. Jane's legacy of her impact on people's lives and encouraging others to do better will last for many years to come.