Janice B. Malogrino

Article Last Updated; Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:01AM

Malogrino

Durango resident Janice B. Malogrino died at Mercy Regional Medical Center on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. She was 72.

Mrs. Malogrino was born to John A. and Mary Emma (Gay) Otter in Kingston, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 1937. She grew up in Coatsville, Pa.

After a divorce, she moved to Miami with her four children, where she began her career with Eastern Airlines as a supervisor in reservations.

On Aug. 20, 1976, she married Joe Malogrino in Miami. The Malogrinos moved to Salt Lake City and then to Durango, where they settled down and lived happily, her family said.

In Durango, she worked as a travel agent for Klatt Travel until she retired in 2001. After retirement, Mrs. Malogrino spent time in her garden, with her family and making plans to move with her husband and daughter back to Florida.

She was looking forward to enjoying the sun, the beach, old friends and distant family.

"Throughout her life, Janice touched the lives of everyone she met," her family wrote. "She is remembered for her kind heart, her wisdom and her incredible compassion. She always had time to listen, she gave of herself selflessly and she always saw the very best in people."

Mrs. Malogrino was preceded in death by her sons Bradley Kent and Benjamin Kevin Boose.

She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Joe Malogrino, of Durango; daughters Brenda Lamiroy of Durango, Briana Boose of Salt Lake City and Dawn Ennis of Jupiter, Fla.; sister Ester Smith of Williamsburg, Pa.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

No services are planned at this time.