Juanita Moine Pettit was born on September 9, 1921 and passed away on June 1, 2015 at the age of 93 at her home in Laguna Woods, CA. Born in Hillsdale, Wyoming, she was the seventh child of a farming family. Her family was originally from Novelty, Missouri and moved to Wyoming one year before she was born. Being raised on the family farm near Torrington, along the N. Platte River, was always dear to her heart. She enjoyed riding her pony 'Little Joe' and having mud pies for tea time with her father out in the tender. She also loved seeing her mother's flower garden grow. Her school years were special playing clarinet in the band. She graduated from high school in Torrington, Wyoming.

In 1947, Juanita married James T. Pettit, from New York City, in Cheyenne, WY. The couple moved to southern California in 1948 where her husband spent his career with American Airlines and Juanita a homemaker. Their two children, Jim and Cheri, were born in 1949 and 1953. Juanita was an active volunteer for PTA, girl scouts, and church school in Simi Valley, CA where they raised their children. At age 55, she earned her real estate broker license, and for several years worked as a real estate agent. She and Jim enjoyed many years of travel adventures by air as well as by RV. The entire family enjoyed his 'on-board' retirement flight to Hawaii in 1986. Upon retirement, she and Jim spent 19 years in Green Valley, AZ, returning to California for assisted living.

Juanita was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Laura May Collins Moine, six siblings: James, Denver, Delbert, Rayman (Mike), Jenneva and Ione, an infant granddaughter Catherine, and of recent her husband Jim in 2011. She proudly became a great-grandmother in the spring of 2013 at the age of 92.

For those who knew her, Juanita was a hardy woman with great tenacity, yet gentle kindness.

Juanita is survived by her two children James H. Pettit (Luminita) [Lake Forest, CA], Cheri Pettit Bellamy (Bill)[Laramie, WY], and grandchildren Jenna and Sara Pettit, John (Julie) Bellamy, Michael (Lindsey) Bellamy, Elizabeth (Jared) Grill, and great-grandchildren Caroline and Lillian Bellamy, Sophia Grill and soon to be born Bellamy as well as her dear nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Life will be held at the McCormick & Son Chapel in Laguna Hills, CA on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 6pm. A family service and Interment will be at the Colyer's Funeral Home, Valley View Cemetery in Torrington, Wyoming in August, 2015.