Juanita Briseno

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OMAHA - Juanita Briseno, 95, of Omaha, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at St. Mary Cathedral in Grand Island with rosary beginning at 10 a.m.

Interment will be at the Grand Island Cemetery.

Juanita was born May 6, 1926, in Grand Island, the daughter of Rosalio and Maria (Aguilera) Briseno.

She graduated from Grand Island Senior High with the Class of 1945. She worked for Fairmont Creamery after graduation and then attended Grand Island School of Business. Juanita moved to Omaha and worked at several different office positions and eventually worked as the secretary to the president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield; retiring after 22 years of service.

Juanita enjoyed playing the stock market and shopping, especially shoes.

She is survived by her brothers, John (Lola) Briseno of Grand Island, Robert (Juanita) Briseno of Wood River; sisters, Josephine Jensen of Kearney and Mary (Lonnie) Dinneen of Omaha; also many nieces and nephews.

Juanita was preceded in death by her parents; sisters and brother-in-law, Rudy (Audrey) Briseno, Rosalio Briseno Jr., Thomas (Melva Rae) Briseno; sisters and a special brother-in-law, Sheila Briseno and Francis (Leonard) Gembica.

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Rosalio married Maria Aguilera on 6 Aug 1921 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. Maria was born on 7 Oct 1899 in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico; died on 11 May 1967 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent Saturday, May 13, 1967

Mrs. Rosalio (Maria) Briseno, 67, of 221 North Vine died Thursday at her home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Cathedral with a requiem mass. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. (Further funeral arrangements omitted here)

Mrs. Briseno was born Oct 7, 1899, at Silao, Qot (Gto?), Mexico. When she was 19, the family moved to El Paso, Texas, and came to Grand Island a year later. Mr. and Mrs. Briseno married in 1921 in Grand Island and have made their only home here. She belonged to St. Mary's Cathedral Parish and was affiliated with its Altar Society.

She is survived by her husband; four sons, Rudolph of Wayne, Mich., and Tom, John and Robert of Grand Island; five daughters, Juanita and Mary Ellen of Omaha, Basiliza of Washington, D.C., and Frances and Mrs. Tom Jensen of Grand Island; 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Sgt. Rosalio Briseno, Jr., who was killed in World War II; three infant children and three sisters.