On January 24, 1919 Juanita Emerald Osborne was born to John Walter Osborne and Winifred Hazel Whitehead Osborne in Modesto, California.
Her family moved to Los Angeles in 1920 when she was 1 year of age. Her brother, James Wilfred Osborne, was born 2 years later.
Before she started grade school, her family moved to Mountain View, California.Her father had just started a chicken farm when the depression began and they had to abandon the chicken farm and relocate to Los Angeles where the family and extended family of 12 lived in the home owned by her grandparents Alfred Whitehead and Sarah Rozenia (Rose) Houtz Whitehead.
Most of Juanita's teenage years were spent in the Los Angeles area. Her family was Seventh-day Adventist.She attended and graduated from the Los Angeles Adventist Academy in 1936 at the age of 17.
Juanita went to secretarial school after graduation.She worked for a time at MGM Studios and then Technicolor where she met Lloyd Allen Reeves Brennan. On May 13, 1944, Juanita and Lloyd were married in the District of Columbia while Lloyd was stationed there in the Navy as a negative developer for military films during WWII.
Her first daughter, Cheryl Ann, was born October 29, 1945 in the District of Columbia.When Cheryl was 6 months old, they took the train to Torrance, California where Lloyd's mother, Bertha Lenora Allen Reeves Brennan and step-father, Edgar Milton Brennan had a home. Juanita and Lloyd lived with his mom and step-father.
On December 11, 1946, Juanita and Lloyd welcomed their second daughter, Shirley Jean Brennan.The girls were only 13 months apart, so Juanita had her hands full!Being a homemaker and mother became her full-time job.
When the girls were 11 and 12, Juanita rejoined the local Adventist Church in Torrance, California and chose to enroll the girls in the Long Beach Adventist grade school.She returned to work as a secretary for Frederick Insurance Company in Wilmington, California to help pay for tuition.She was employed there for many years even after the girls graduated from the Lynwood Adventist Academy, attended La Sierra College and started their own families and careers.
Her husband Lloyd retired from Technicolor just months before he passed away December 30, 1969 at the age of 63. Juanita never remarried.
Now on her own, Juanita and her brother, Will (James Wilford) and his wife, Jean Marion Blasé Osborne, now empty nesters, took many trips together to Europe. This began a new chapter in Juanita's life. At her 50th class reunion, she reconnected with classmates that would become her future travel companions. The six of them took many vacation trips and ocean cruise voyages until all had passed away but Juanita. The highlight of her travels was to the Holy Land.
In April of 2001, Juanita moved to Laguna Woods Retirement Community in Laguna Woods, California where she lived for 15 years and made many wonderful friends.At the age of 97 she moved to The Regency Assisted Living facility in Laguna Woods where she resided until she was called home to heaven at age 100 years 5 months on June 29, 2019 following a stroke.While there, she made many friends and was loved and respected by all. She always had time to inquire as to how others were doing.She always had a smile and encouraging word.She would pick up weekly menus for those who were not able to do so and distribute them.
On July 6, 2019, Juanita was laid to rest with her husband Lloyd at Green Hills Memorial Park in Palos Verdes, California.
Juanita leaves behind many friends and family: Cheryl Rupnow Watson, daughter (Rod), Shirley Rea Allen, daughter (Gary)
5 grandchildren: Joy Rea Bowen (Andrew), Jim Rea, Lorrie Rupnow Herrling, Linda Rupnow Lowery, Leslie Rupnow Crisler Sewell (Dave).
9 great grandchildren: Charles Bowen, Tyler Bowen, Stacy Herrling Klose (Alex), Matthew Herrling (Jen), Brandon Lowery, Blake Lowery (Ruth), Ally Crisler, Nathan Crisler and Natalie Sewell.
3 great great grandchildren: Olivia Klose, Avery Klose, and Nevaeh Lowery.
Her brother's children: James Osborne, Robert Osborne, Patrick Osborne (Judy) and Barbara Osborne Hart and their families and loved ones.