Juanita E. Ratcliffe

Juanita Ratcliffe, 81, passed away peacefully on December 4th in Kalispell, Montana. After growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with younger siblings Richard, Roberto, Cherri, and Sara, Juanita attended school and worked as a beautician before moving to Arizona to work for her brother’s dental practice. It was in Tucson where she met her future husband who had been recently widowed. After joining families, they moved with the four children to Tempe, Arizona. Retirement years led to Gilbert, Chandler, and finally Montana.

Juanita was beloved by her family as mother, wife, sister, grandmother and daughter. She was predeceased by her husband Tom along with parents Rose and Ventura Escobar. Juanita is survived by her four siblings, children Alta Marie (John) Tuten, Tom Ratcliffe III, Diane (Bob) Gramze, and LeAnn (Mike) Speakman; along with grandchildren Reece Speakman, Andrew and Alex Tuten, Savannah Gramze, and Rylee Ratcliffe.

As our Parents were great lovers and protectors of animals the family asks for any donations to go to Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary https://www.greatspiritanimalsanctuary.org/ or the Epilepsy Foundation https://www.epilepsy.com/

A funeral service for Juanita will be held Thursday, December 23, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Lakeshore Mortuary, 1815 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ 85202.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.LakeshoreMort.com for the Ratcliffe family.