2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5
Commending Pamelia Henriksen.
Agreed to by the Senate, January 15, 2026
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 19, 2026
WHEREAS, Pamelia Henriksen, a vibrant member of the Arlington community, celebrated her 100th birthday in 2025; and
WHEREAS, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on March 3, 1925, Pamelia “Pam” Henriksen moved to Wisconsin at a young age and attended elementary school in a two-room schoolhouse, then graduated from Wisconsin University High School; and
WHEREAS, Pam Henriksen gained an appreciation for mathematics from her mother, who worked as a teacher, and she majored in the subject at what is now Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin; during her college years, many of her classmates were called away to serve the nation during World War II, including 88 of 90 students in her calculus class; and
WHEREAS, Pam Henriksen continued her education by studying accounting at the University of Wisconsin, then settled in Arlington in 1947 and began working for the Washington Times-Herald conducting market research; and
WHEREAS, Pam Henriksen next worked for the United States Army Map Service, where she met her husband of 59 years, Soren; and