Jean Julia Molnar

Jean Julia Molnar

Of La Habra, CA

Jean Julia Molnar 80, of La Habra, California, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022, at South Coast Post Acute skilled nursing facility in Santa Ana, California.
She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years Ernest Louis Molnar, Jr., her parents Roenee Ernest Martin and Frances (Abbate) Martin and her granddaughter Alyssa Spradley.
Jean is survived by her sister Renee (Martin) Neubarth and her 4 children, Jean Marie (Molnar) Gibbs and her life partner Harold J Olson, Jr., Doreen (Molnar) Combs and her husband Max Combs, Michael Ernest Molnar and his wife Jenny (James) Molnar, Mark Allen Molnar and his wife Sharon Spradley and her grandchildren Garrett Michael Molnar, Sierralynn Faith Molnar, Juliann Hope Molnar, Ella Cate Combs, an uncle, many cousins, a niece and nephews.
Jean was born in Passaic, New Jersey and graduated from Passaic High School. She worked as a secretary for Hoffmann La Roche before becoming a wife and mother. She worked at Action Park in New Jersey before moving with her family to Southern California in 1980. There she worked at Knott's Berry Farm until she was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumor. She became disabled either from the tumor or the surgery to remove it in 1988. She missed being able to drive a car but made the best of her abilities and lived to see her children grow to adults and enjoy her grandchildren. She loved animals and always had at least one dog in her home. She enjoyed listening to music which was influenced and encouraged by her father who was always singing and playing his guitars with family members and friends. She also enjoyed bird watching, gardening and was an Angels Baseball fan. Jean will be dearly missed by her family and friends.

A celebration of life will be held in California after the holidays and surrounded by her family she will be buried in Hale Eddy Cemetery in May 2023.