Lujuana Brock

LuJuana Jean Brock passed away in her sleep on May 19, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. She had come home from the Hospice Unit at Drake Hospital to pursue Hospice at her home on Washington Avenue in Glendale, OH. She was determined to come home; and so made her transition, just like she did everything, on her own terms. She is survived by: her father, James Brock and her three siblings, Reggie Brock, Lisa Brock and Anthony Brock; two nephews and one niece, Toussaint Brock-Cunningham, Alexander Brock and Ann Cecile Brock; one great niece and two great nephews, Lilly Brock, Stellan Brock and Gillis Brock; an aunt and uncle, Margaret and Clyde Cooper; and a host of cousins, friends and colleagues. She was preceded in death by her mother, Genia M. Brock; her grandmothers and grandfathers, Lucrecia Doaty Brock and Vester Brock, Blossie Brown Cooper Wilson and Barney Wilson.
LuJuana was born on April 8, 1949 as the oldest daughter of James and Genia M. Brock, in Cincinnati, OH. She grew up most of her life in Glendale, but had the good fortune of spending two years in Casablanca, Morocco, as a young child when her father was stationed there while in the Air Force. Upon the family’s return, she went to Eckstein School before going to Princeton Junior and High Schools, where she was very popular and a celebrated Cheer Leader. After attending Ohio University and Central State University, she moved to New York City where she worked for 13 years for Delta Airlines as a reservationist. While living in New York and working for the airlines, she had the opportunity to travel all over the world, which she cherished. She returned to Glendale in the mid 1980s, and served as the primary caretaker of her father, James Brock.
LuJuana was an energetic spirit, who loved hard and had no trouble telling you what she thought. She was well known for sending cards and presents to all her far-flung family and friends around the world. She will be sorely missed, but we know that she is now in the hands of her beloved mother, grandmothers and grandfathers. And this gives us comfort.