Juanita May Legacy Ranger

Juanita May Legacy Ranger, 94, a longtime resident of Seabeck and Tacoma, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2025, in Roseville, CA after spending a pleasant day with her loving husband and children. Juanita was born in Tacoma and graduated from Clover Park High School in 1948 where she was active in music and sports including basketball, which was surprising due to her diminutive stature. While undoubtably an excellent athlete, her tales in her later years about running a 5-minute mile remain suspect! She attended Western Washington University on a music (clarinet) scholarship and was employed as an office administrator with the Federal Government for over 15 years. She often spoke of her retirement celebration on a test run out of Bangor, WA aboard the SSBN 730 USS Henry M Jackson, a nuclear submarine. Juanita married her husband Patrick (Ted) Ranger on August 29,1953 and had a loving marriage of over 71 years. Through Ted’s work the family enjoyed travelling and living throughout Europe and many regions of the United States. But family and the beauty of western Washington brought them home for their retirement years. For many years and on many courses, Juanita loved playing golf as she was consistently in the middle of the fairway and had an excellent short game. One of her fondest memories was her hole in one at Gold Mountain in Bremerton. Family get-togethers for holidays and special occasions delighted her, especially when they included a glass of chardonnay! Her smile was infectious, and she loved to share her amazing pies, particularly those with rhubarb from her garden. The family always looked forward to her exceptional fried razor clams and oysters. Juanita was always an active “mom” with her children including swim team, cub scouts and neighborhood events, She is survived by her loving husband Ted, 5 children – Michael Ranger (Kathy), Sharon Encallado (Reggie), Philip Ranger (Janice), Gregory Ranger (Frances) and Cecilia Graver (Mike) - 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceeded in death by two brothers, William E. Legacy Jr. and Ralph W. Legacy and her identical twin sister, Bonita M. Turgeon. A memorial service will be held on Friday, February 14th at 1;00p.m. at Murray Family Funeral Chapel in Rocklin, CA. A celebration of life will be hosted at The Cloverleaf (6430 6th Avenue in Tacoma) at 4;00p.m. Monday February 17th. The place Juanita and Ted frequented for over 50 years! A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, February 18th at 10:00a.m. at Calvary Cemetery in Tacoma.

Juanita May Legacy Ranger

March 3, 1930 - February 7, 2025