Laurie Marine

February 22, 1943 - March 22, 2021 She was an animal person all her life; those were her children. Her first horse, at age 16, Coffee Break, was kept at the long-gone corrals on the coast between Laguna Beach and Corona del Mar, near Crystal Cove. She went on to have more horses, numerous cats, dogs, goats, pigs, chickens; any animal that nobody else wanted. Laurie passed away peacefully at her adored home in Orange Park Acres, leaving behind her brother, Jules, Jr., his wife Wendy, their children, Maddie and Jules III, and cousins Hilary Storms, Dan Andrews, Steve, and Susie Maxey. Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, but raised in Laguna Beach by her parents, Jane and Jules, Sr., she attended Laguna Beach High School and Woodbury College (now Woodbury University) in Los Angeles, where she studied interior design. After a career with the County of Orange, Laurie opened Laurie's Garden in Newport Beach, using her design skills to prepare beautiful, one-of-a-kind arrangements. She also moonlighted in plant-grafting and horse boarding at her Cotswold Cottage-like OPA home. In later life she had a sharp mind for investing, buying rental properties at the right time, and accumulating an impressive stock portfolio, loaded with early-purchase Apple shares. She had a taste for adventure: traveling Europe in her teens, living in Aspen, Colorado in her 20's, then later in the cottages at Crystal Cove (the northernmost one, the red one), and floating the Amazon in her 50's. She saw The Beatles in Dodger Stadium in 1964 on their first US tour, then 24 years later in that same venue, at Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, she witnessed Kirk Gibson hit his walk-off home run to defeat the Oakland A's. She brought her brother to that game. Laurie had a love of art, traveling to Europe and New York for exhibitions, while also collecting western and plein-air works, plus sculpture. A voracious reader, she subscribed to many magazines, publications and newspapers. She introduced her brother to many things: Chinese food, Hang Ten shorts, skateboards, surf films, Warren Miller ski films, cool T-shirts, Pendleton jackets, body surfing, skiing, cooking, and modern art. She was a genuine friend of the downtrodden and the needy, whether it be animals or people, and frequented city council meetings to advocate for the homeless, performing food, blanket, and clothing drives. Her wit was sharp, finding humor in many of life's situations. On certain Halloweens she dressed up as Big Bird (she was 6' tall), an oversized Rolex with a yuppie on her wrist, and a bodysuit covered with fall leaves, with which she brought a leaf blower, posing as the "Santa Ana Winds." Laurie's group of friends were varied; her high school friends, fellow art school attendees, and equestrians from OPA. Her favorite charity was Red Bucket Equine Rescue, in Chino Hills, redbucketrescue.org. There will be a memorial service for Laurie at 4:00 PM, Saturday, March 27, at her Orange Park Acres home located at 1290 Orange Park Blvd., Orange, 92869.