Laurena Booker Japenga M.D.

Thinking of you today, Mom J! Sorry we missed that opportunity for lunch at the Cliff House. We all miss you and love you!

We miss you every day, Mom J. Found some great pics of all of us, happy and strong. Love you always—say "hi" to Betty, OK? ❤

I miss you grandma Laurena and grandpa Jack. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you. You are a huge inspiration in everything that I do. I wish you were here to see how things have changed. I am finishing my degree in Nursing like I planned so many years ago. Trying to fulfill the legacy you passed down. I know you would be so proud and I wish we could celebrate together. They say time heals all, but I don't agree the pain still stings just as bad as it ever did. However thinking back...

Love to you on this and every day.

I'm very sorry to hear of Lorena's p
Passing. She was a wonderful, bright, and loving person and a great friend. I enjoyed many long conversations with both Jack and Lorena when visiting them in their homes in past years. They were both so bright and full of life. They were so much fun to visit with and had so much wisdom to share. Lorena was a very kind and patient person and a bright light in this world.

Liz Even

Ohhhhhhh wow,
My deeply, heartfelt sympathies to the family...and awashed in tears.

I was one of the fortunate to know Lorena and called friend as well as calling her FRIEND.
She and Jack were beloved to me, as I am

certain to a multitude of
others.
We were close and had many evenings of conversation in their homes. Always learned from Lorena and Jack and they, in gracious turn, were eager to listesten and even
encouraged thoughts in these idealogically rich...

Dear Ann
Our deepest sympathy for the loss of your mother. Unfortunately, we never had a chance to meet her, but knowing you, she would have been an exciting lady to know.
Ron and Elie Backer, Palm Desert, CA

So sorry to hear about Lorena. She and Jack were great neighbors and friends. I must tell this story of them. My boys would venture down into the gully below their house, climbing trees and playing....so one day Lorena tells me of this. I thought maybe she would prefer they didn't at first, but then she told me they had hired a tree trimmer to go down a make the trees safer for them. They did many other wonderful and sweet things too. We were so lucky to have known them. She will be...

This is Kevin Frejlach, your old neighbor on Cameron in Covina. I'm so sorry to hear of Laurena's passing. I was wondering if I could find out when and where there might be memorial services.