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John Z.
John's mother died three weeks after he was born in 1936. For his first five years, "Johnny" lived on a farm in Monrovia with his grandmother, who raised nine children.
John's father was a lawyer, Dean of Loyola Law School and later a Superior Court Judge. He remarried when John was 5 and bought a home in Pasadena where John went to Catholic school, served as an altar boy and played many sports. Later John served in the Navy for a couple of years in the Pacific and then finished college at the University of San Francisco.
After a brief career selling sporting goods, John moved back to Pasadena in 1965 to care for his father who was very ill. John liked working with his hands in the outdoors. Over the years, John built up a very successful landscape company.
John enjoys living in his facility
and even likes the food.
John experienced a lot of pain in his legs and feet for 8 years and walking became increasingly difficult. Finally, John was diagnosed with cancer. He has had several surgeries, including replacement of both knees and hips. Now, he is no longer wheelchair bound.
John enjoys living in his facility and even likes the food. His brother, a Catholic bishop, visits him regularly.
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