Family and friends are mourning the passing of Norma Jean Osburn, age 90 who died 20 April 2011 of natural causes at the home of her eldest son, Vernon Richard (Versha "Bootsie") Osburn in Tall Timbers, Maryland.

Jean and her family lived in Southern Maryland in 1947-8 and again in 1957-9 while her husband was stationed at NAS Patuxent River. She moved to Santa Maria, California in late 1959 with her family after the retirement of her husband from the U.S. Navy. She became a well-known member of the community. Jean was a founding member, active participant and long-time supporter of the Santa Maria Civic Theater. She served the theater group as an administrator, production crew and actor. She performed lead parts in recreations of notable Broadway productions such as "Under the Yum-Yum Tree" and "Desperate Hours."

In addition to being a housewife and Mother, Jean worked at the Crocker Bank where she was a Head Teller and Operations Manager. While at the bank she made friends and acquaintances of many of the area's most prominent civic and political figures.

Jean worked regularly for local charities through her many civic associations such as the Minerva Woman's Club, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and the Elks Club Auxiliary. Jean was a long-time, active supporter of the Republican Club of Santa Barbara County and served as a delegate to the 1980 and 1984 Republican State Conventions. She worked on the organizing committee for the first "Reagan Roundup," the premier campaign fundraising event for President Ronald Reagan.

Jean is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, LCDR Vernon H. Osburn, USN Ret., and her older brother Glen Maxwell Van Buren of Vancouver, WA. Jean is survived by her sons Vernon Richard ("Bootsie"), Hughel Ray (Boya), Ronald Jean (Linda), David Randal (Jane), seven grand-children and fourteen great- grand-children.

Jean will be interred in the Osburn Family plot in the Santa Maria Cemetery with her Husband and parents. A Memorial Service will be held at First Saints Community Church, St. George Campus 11:00 a.m. Saturday, 21 May 2011. Friends wishing to honor Jean's memory are asked to make a donation in her name to Hospice of St. Mary's County.

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.