DAVIS, CA – Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D – Davis) will welcome Mrs. Juanita "Nita" Redpath of Davis, into the 8th Assembly District “Century Circle” on Friday, December 30, 2011. This will be the third Century Circle recognition to take place in Davis since October.
Juanita “Nita” Redpath was born in Springfield, Illinois on December 30, 1911. During the summer of 1920, her parents moved to California with Juanita and her five siblings. Juanita recalls her family’s two-month journey to California in a Model T Ford, traveling hundreds of miles a day and camping in a tent every evening. She also remembers her father’s sense of adventure in wanting to drive to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado and her mother’s wisdom in advising against this.
Her family settled in Los Angeles where she met her first husband, Pasqual Cioffi, whom she married in 1928. They had three children: Jack, Carla and the late Tony Cioffi. During a visit to Murrieta Hot Springs after her first marriage ended, she met her future husband, George Redpath, who was on leave from the Navy Depot in Fallbrook where he was stationed during World War II. She married Mr. Redpath in 1946 and together they had one son, George.
Juanita lived in Lakewood, CA for more than thirty years until she and George moved to Davis in 1982 following his retirement from General Telephone Company. Juanita, a homemaker and excellent seamstress, still enjoys traveling and recently completed a 4,000-mile trek through Colorado, Texas and back to Palm Springs, CA to visit her grandsons and son. Today, Juanita is the matriarch of a large family that includes her three surviving children, nine grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and four great-great- grandchildren.
100th birthday celebration for Juanita Redpath with family and friends
Friday, December 30, 2011
5:00 - 7:00pm
Steve’s Place
314 "F" Street, Davis, CA
Assemblymember Yamada will attend the event and honor her with a Centenarian Certificate at 6:00pm
In May of 2010, Assemblymember Yamada, Chair of the Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, launched the Century Circle program to recognize centenarians year-round in Solano and Yolo counties. The goal is to bring greater attention to the growing number of people 100 years of age and older, their families and those who care for them. Since that time, Assemblymember Yamada has recognized over 40 centenarians in the district.
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