Monday, November 28, 2016
Miss Austin was my daughter Sally's first grade teacher and Sally loved her dearly. I worked with her for 7 years through the Garfield PTA. Later I taught at Garfield but Juanita was already retired, but still joined us for Christmas parties and dinners. In most recent years I have joined her and other Garfield retired teachers for their monthly luncheons when I was able to. About 2 years ago Sally joined me for one of the luncheons and wanted to sit right next to "Miss Austin"!
Juanita just beamed!
When I told Sally that she had passed she said "My heart is crushed. I loved that woman. She will be missed by many.
