Johanna Helen Jakubaitis was born on February 13, 1922 in Pittsburgh. In the 1930 Federal Census of Pittsburgh, the Jakubaitis family lived on Wickliff Street. The parents, Kazimier/Casimir Jakubaitis and his wife, Helen, were both born in Lithuania. Johanna's siblings listed in 1930 were Peter, Stanley and Albert.

The father, Casimir Jakubaitis, died at St. Francis Hospital in 1941.

Upon graduation from St. Francis, Johanna Jakubaitis joined the Army Nurse Corps.

Johanna's mother, Helen Jakubaitis, died at Mayview State Hospital in 1955.

Johanna married (1) Unknown White, date unknown, and (2) John Nicolas Gropsorean on July 12, 1969 in Sacramento, California. Born in 1916, John died in 1990, at age 74. He was buried near his first wife at Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Citrus Heights, California. She died in 1966.

Johanna passed away on November 29, 2005; last residence, Santa Barbara, California.