June was born on 14th April 1947 at her Grandmother's house in Willenhall before moving to New Invention when she was 8 years old living with her Mom, her dad, and her sister.
June was very close to 2 of her cousins Cynthia (Deceased) and Sheila and as they were all similar ages they had a very close bond being nicknamed 'The Ovaltinies' as children.
June attended Barcroft Girls School in Willenhall and as soon as she finished school she went straight in to work at Josiah Parkes lock factory in Willenhall.

At the age of 20 June gave birth to Mark her only Son, Mark turned 50 years of age on the 23rd May unfortunately June was not here to celebrate this milestone as she passed away just 1 week earlier.

At the age of 21 in 1968 June started working at Lowe and Fletchers in Willenhall, and although some days she hated being there, it must have held something special for her as she worked there until the day it closed down.

It was here at Lowe and Fletchers where June met Colin (another reason why Lowe and Fletchers was so special) they both worked there for what seemed like a lifetime but although they had a friendship love never blossomed until later on, 26 years later on to be more precise, when accidentally meeting at the "clocking off" machine, that they dared to arrange a date.

Having said that when it did blossom it was special. For a while they were secret lovers, sneaking around like teenagers so that work colleagues and family knew nothing of their new found love and happiness.

However, when it was all revealed the love and happiness grew into something most special. June made Colin happy, Colin made June happy (They could also quite easily wind each other up too) and they were always hand in hand wherever they went, right until the very end June was still holding out her hand for Colin to happily hold.

June and Colin married in Walsall on the 4th November 1995 and held their wedding reception at the Friendly hotel in Walsall, the friendly hotel became a regular place to go for June and Colin where they met lots of new friends and regularly met with Colin's family, Ruby, Veronica and Audrey a lot of these will be in attendance today to say goodbye. June and Colin also celebrated their 1st year of marriage back at the friendly hotel.

Colin took June to places in the UK that she had never been to before, June, Colin and 'Skip' (The dog) travelled the length and breadth (Photographs at home of the 3 of them at both Lands end and John O'Groats) of the country and have shared so many happy memories together. Their most memorable and favourite places were Teignmouth in Devon. Breen in Somerset and Blackpool. June only went abroad twice with Colin, both times to Majorca once with Audrey and her family and once with Mark and Fay. Going abroad surprised us all as June always said, "Yow ay gettin me on a pissin' aeroplane".

June and Colin also took several holidays in the UK with Mark and Fay. June was always very proud of Mark and was so happy when he met Fay and she loved nothing more than seeing them both happy together.

Considering the miles that June did in cars (With Colin or Mark driving) she never chose to get behind the wheel herself. However, you would never know because she would always be telling both of them how to drive, who to watch out for, and on occasions the giving the verbal abuse and hand gestures to other road users where ever she felt the need.

June had a way with words and I think that everyone will all have some memories of some of June's phrases and sayings, she was one in a million. Thoughtful, loving, kind, generous and funny. She had a heart of pure gold, but you would not want to upset her as she would let you know if you did........

The memories of those holidays both at home and abroad will stay with us all forever.

Eating out became the 'norm' for June, Colin and Veronica. Mark often referred to June as needing training to use her own cooker as it hadn't been used for a period of time. places like The Colliers, Old Wyrley Hall and The Star became firm favourites and also places where more friendships were made.

June never really knew how many people loved her and cared for her she touched more hearts than she could ever imagine.

On a more serious note, for the last 16 years June has been dogged by ill health. Having overcome bowel cancer, June then had an ongoing battle with malignant melanomas (Skin Cancer). Throughout this horrific ordeal, June, with Colin by her side, faced the many problems head on. Once again showing determination, courage and strength of character. During this most difficult of times, Colin was there, holding June's hand, their love shining even brighter than ever.

During the last months of her life she was getting daily visits from the nurses, the nurses fell in love with June and always admired her attitude. As time went on the nurses were fighting between themselves as to who would be going to see 'Our Juney' as she got named by the nurses. She really touched the hearts of so many people.