Skeels, June E. (1920-2005)
SKEELS, PEDERSEN, JONES, FISKIN, EDWARDS, RASMUSSEN, BUCHHOLZ
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 2/16/2010 at 23:53:22
June E. Skeels
June 27, 1920 - December 15, 2005June E. Skeels, age 85, of Storm Lake, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2005, at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.
June was born on June 27, 1920, in Storm Lake the daughter of Frank A. and Anna C. (Pedersen) Skeels. She graduated from Storm Lake High School and continued her education at Buena Vista College, UCLA, the University of Hawaii and University of Oklahoma.
She taught school in Tonkawa, OK, and worked as a secretary at American Baptist Assembly and hotel reservationists in Green Lake, WI. June moved back to Storm Lake after retiring.
June was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Storm Lake. She was also a member of the Keystone Reading Club, Ingleside Club, Storm Lake Camera Club, BVRMC Auxiliary, Beta Sigma Phi, Delta Kappa Gamma, AAUM, NEA, and National Association of Teachers of Singing. She had a love for reading, music, photography, and teaching children.
Those left to cherish her memory are her adopted daughters: Ann Jones and her husband Web of Kansas City, MO, and Claudette Fiskin of Muskogee, OK; sister Myrna Edwards and husband Francis of Newell, IA; two nephews: Douglas Edwards and wife Debbie of Southlake, TX, and Randy Edwards and wife Dyann of Fonda, IA; her two nieces: Laurie Rasmussen and husband Rod and Melinda Buchholz and husband Tony all of Newell, IA; many grand nieces and nephews, several cousins and many friends.
June was preceded in death by her parents and several aunts and uncles.
Funeral services for June Skeels will be held on Monday, December 19th, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be at the Storm Lake Cemetery under the direction of the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home.
A visitation will be held Sunday from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home of Storm Lake.
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