Juanita Castillo Gamboa (88) was born on December 27, 1934 in Liberty Hill, Texas to Luciano and Atilana Montemayor Castillo. Juanita was a resident of Madera, California, for over 60 years. She had a career with and retired from Oberti Olives. She passed away on July 4, 2023.

Juanita is survived by her sisters Dominga Rivera (Simon) of Kerman and Rosa Alanis (Cruz), and brother Manuel Castillo of Madera. She had 6 children: Raymond, Joe, Amalia, Andrew (Janie), Mary Ann Espinoza (Leo) of Madera, and Jesse Gamboa (Christina) of Visalia. She had 12 grandchildren: Monica, Michael, Andrew (Buddy), Jennifer Costilla, Anthony, Gina, and Benjamin (J.R.) Costilla, Alexis, Selena, Alec, Sabrina, and Nicholas Gamboa. She also had 17 great-grandchildren: Lorenzo and Amiya Keturi from Turlock, Christopher, Dominick, Giovanna, Mila, Jaxson and A.J. Gamboa, Penelope Rodriguez, Mark Jameson Brady of Madera, Mia and Mason Rosales of Sanger, Alaya, Noah, Luca Gutierrez of Atwater, JD and Adam De La Fuente of Clovis.

Juanita is preceded in death by her parents, daughter Mary Jane Gamboa, grandson Hector Gamboa, and granddaughter Melissa Gamboa.

A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 13, 2023, from 3:00 pm-6:00 pm, with a rosary starting at 6:00 pm at Jay Chapel in Madera, CA.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held the following morning, Friday, July 14, 2023, at 9:30 am at St. Joachim Catholic Church in Madera, CA.

Immediately following the Catholic Mass, burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery in Madera, CA.