Juanita Alvina Reeb

1921 - 2007  (86 years)

• Name	Juanita Alvina Reeb
  Born	6 Jan 1921	Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Apr 2007	California, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I18942	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Arthur Jacob Reeb,   b. 15 Dec 1898, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1970, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Cora Helen Harpstreit,   b. 31 Dec 1897, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 18 Jan 1986, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	28 May 1919	St. Joseph Catholic Church, Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F9463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Raymond E. Zelenka,   b. 9 Nov 1920, Ohio, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 1969, California, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Children	1. Zelenka   2. Zelenka   3. Zelenka
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F9466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  CENSUS: 1930: Name: Juanita Reeb Age: 9 Estimated birth year: abt 1921 Relation to head-of-house: Daughter Father's Name: Arthur J Reeb Mother's Name: Cora Reeb Home in 1930: Belleville, St Clair, Illinois Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Belleville, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 555; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 37.0.

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Juanita Reeb-Zelenka Juanita Alvina Reeb-ZelenkaJuanita, a resident of West Hollywood, California, passed away on Easter Sunday April 8, 2007 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the age of 86. Juanita was born in Belleville, IL, the eldest of five children. A Mass of the Resurrection for Juanita was conducted at Saint Ambrose Church, Los Angeles, California, May 19, 2007, with interment at The Cathedral of Our Lady of The Angels.She was predeceased in 1969 by her husband, Raymond E. Zelenka, a retired Air Force Colonel and later a Vice President of Litton Industries. She was also predeceased by her father Arthur J. Reeb, her mother Cora H. Reeb nee Harpstreit and her brother, Arthur C. "Bud" Reeb.Juanita is survived by her three children, Dr. Raymond "Skip" Zelenka, Dr. Craig Zelenka, Mrs. Deborah Kay and three sisters; Patricia (Carl) Phillips; Marlene Reeb; and Mercedes (Earl) Hawkins. She is survived by five nieces and nephews; Loanna Reeb, Guy Phillips, Gayle (Garry Sauner) Phillips, Stephen (Alicia) Hawkins and Stacey (Carl Walker) Hawkins and two great-nieces, Reilly Hawkins and Ashley Walker. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.A humanitarian with numerous charitable interests, Juanita was also an active member of Saint Ambrose Catholic Church where she had many friends. Juanita enjoyed theater and the arts and delighted in world travel. Pragmatic, positive, upbeat and thoughtful, Juanita relished life and people to the fullest and rarely met a person with whom she could not find common ground.She will long be remembered by family and others who were close to her for her unstinting friendship and unconditional love. Published in the Belleville News-Democrat from 6/6/2007 - 6/7/2007.