June V. Shinkunas 1924-2012

SHINKUNAS ZALEKA

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/14/2012 at 19:43:08

Sioux City Journal
March 02, 2012

SIOUX CITY -- June V. Shinkunas, 87, of Sioux City passed away peacefully Feb. 28, 2012, in Sioux City.

Memorial services will be 6:30 p.m. today at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel on Hamilton Boulevard. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service today at the funeral home.

June was born March 23, 1924, in Sioux City, the daughter of Eunice and Tony Zaleka. She married John J. Shinkunas on May 1, 1942. They were lifelong residents of Sioux City.

After an early and brief career in local retail sales, June dedicated herself to household engineering, with a legendary master's degree in prize winning cake and cookie decorating. She also took pride in her creative and skilled sewing and tailoring. June was a familiar face at area bingo games, enjoying the company of family and friends.

June is survived by a sister, Dorothy Babb of Sioux City; sons, John and his wife, Betty of Highland, Calif., Greg of Lawton, Iowa, and Al and his wife, Sherry of Sloan, Iowa; a daughter, Paula Cornelia and her husband, Jim of Sioux City; grandchildren, Jamie and Jim Cornelia, Kelly and Kurt Sparks, Libby, Nadia, April, Alan and Kallie Shinkunas, and Justin and Jenn Skaff; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; and a son, Daryl.