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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 126
BY SENATOR JOHNS
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of
Louisiana upon the death of John Emmett Boagni Jr.
WHEREAS, it is with great regret that the citizens of Louisiana have learned of the
death of John E. Boagni Jr. on May 1, 2012, at the age of eighty-seven; and
WHEREAS, he was a native and resident of Opelousas, Louisiana, and was a
graduate of Opelousas High School "War Class" of 1942 and a 1949 graduate of Louisiana
State University, College of Engineering; and
WHEREAS, he served his state and his country in the United States Navy with the
Seabees during World War II, serving more than two years in the South Pacific, principally
in the Marshal and Mariana Islands with the 67
th
U.S.N. Construction Battalion; and
WHEREAS, he was a licensed professional Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor, who
was retired from the Louisiana State Department of Transportation and Development as
Director of Maintenance and Field Operations after serving more than three decades in
various engineering and administrative positions throughout the span of his career; and
WHEREAS, John Emmett Boagni Jr. was a member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials,
Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Louisiana Society
of Professional Engineers in Civil Service, and the Louisiana Highways Engineers
Association; and
WHEREAS, he will be remembered for his creativity, integrity, bravery, courage,
and leadership skills; was a very skillful engineer; and was also gifted in the areas of
computer science, photography, woodworking and painting; and
WHEREAS, John Emmett Boagni Jr. was an exemplary and highly admired citizen
of Louisiana who worked tirelessly on a multitude of business, civic, and political causes
throughout his life; and
WHEREAS, upon his death the world lost a unique individual who left an indelible
mark upon the lives of all those who knew him; and SR NO. 126 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, because of his numerous accomplishments in public and private life,
the death of John Emmett Boagni Jr. has left a void in the state and in our country and has
created a genuine sense of profound sorrow in his friends and family; and
WHEREAS, he was a loving, devoted husband to Fleta Theresa Hollier Boagni for
sixty-four years and a dedicated father, a committed grandfather and great grandfather whose
love of family was of utmost importance in his life; and
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana honors this extraordinary man
who shall forever be remembered, and pays tribute to his remarkable legacy that shall live
in the hearts of the many people whose lives he touched.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby honor the life of John Emmett Boagni Jr. and expresses its sincere condolences
to his family upon the occasion of his death.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of John Emmett Boagni Jr.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE