Juanita Blumberg – 09/01/2023

Winter Springs resident Juanita Blumberg, whose family name graces the verdant boulevard on the northern border of the Winter Springs Town Center, died on Sept. 1.

01/28/1941 – 09/01/2021
Winter Springs, FL

Winter Springs resident Juanita Blumberg, whose family name graces the verdant boulevard on the northern border of the Winter Springs Town Center, died on Sept. 1. Her family submitted the following obituary:

With a very heavy heart, we announce the passing on Sept. 1 of a longtime Winter Springs resident, the very special Juanita Blumberg.

She lived a life filled with adventures, love and laughter. From being a successful

businesswoman, an award-winning private aviator, a loving wife, mother and grandmother to her family, a loyal friend to so many and a gardener who admired the beauty of flowers, she was an exceptional woman who will be missed beyond measure by very many.

And let’s not forget her love of animals. As a young woman, Juanita rode her horse up and down a dirt road called Tuskawilla when there were only cattle, trees and fields on each side. She bred German Shepherds and always had at least two cats.

Juanita is predeceased by her loving husband Lewis Blumberg and survived by her sons, Richard and Ronald Czebiniak, her stepchildren David Blumberg and Victoria Blumberg and her grandchildren Nadia, Myron and Bohdan Czebiniak.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Banfield Funeral Home in Winter Springs. A service

of remembrance will be held on a future date that is yet to be announced.

Juanita gave generously of herself and financially to a plethora of deserving causes. For those of you who care as she did and have the means, Juanita asked that you make a donation to Hope Helps in Oviedo.

May she rest in peace in a place of brightness, a place of verdure and a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled away (this is an excerpt from a well-known prayer).

Vichnaya pamyat! (translated to English: eternal memory)

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Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.

In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.

She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.