1922
Hazel
2015
Hazel Mather
July 23, 1922 — May 8, 2015
A Service of Remembrance and Celebration of Life for June Mather, 92, of Enid, will be Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 11:00 AM at the Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel with Matthew Zimmerman, Chaplain, USAF officiating. Interment will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until service time at the funeral home.
June was born July 23, 1922 at the family home northeast of Enid, OK the youngest of seven children of Arthur and Hazel Wagner Kunkel and peacefully passed away May 8, 2015 at her residence.
June graduated from Enid High School in 1939 and attended Enid Business College. During World War II, she worked at the George E. Failing Company and was a volunteer nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital. After the war she moved to Los Angeles and then to Kansas City, where she became a stewardess. She gave that up when she married Edward Mather at Community Christian Church in Kansas City in 1950. He died in 1978.
June worked for ONG in Enid for 31 years before retiring in 1986. She also worked for several years as a real estate agent with her good friend Mae Belle Jack. During retirement, she loved planning and going on bus trips with her ONGers retirees’ group.
She was a long time member and deaconess of University Place Christian Church and for the last several years attended Central Christian Church.
June is survived by her daughter, Stephanie Mather of Agra, OK; grandson, Maj. Matthew (Cari) Zimmerman of South Grafton, MA; granddaughter Keri (Aaron) Standlee of Meeker, OK; great-grandchildren, Alexis, Conlin and Gavin Zimmerman; many nieces and nephews and many friends.
She was pre-deceased by her brothers Roger, Frank, Dan, Harry and Bob Kunkel; her sister, Nancy Stetnish and her son-in-law Miles Zimmerman.
The family would like to thank the fantastic people at meals on wheels and at Central Christian Church, all of June’s wonderful neighbors, and especially her loving care-giver, Diana Smith Pardon.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Donor’s Choice with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home custodian of the fund. Online condolences may be left and viewing of the service at ladusauevans.com.
June was born July 23, 1922 at the family home northeast of Enid, OK the youngest of seven children of Arthur and Hazel Wagner Kunkel and peacefully passed away May 8, 2015 at her residence.
June graduated from Enid High School in 1939 and attended Enid Business College. During World War II, she worked at the George E. Failing Company and was a volunteer nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital. After the war she moved to Los Angeles and then to Kansas City, where she became a stewardess. She gave that up when she married Edward Mather at Community Christian Church in Kansas City in 1950. He died in 1978.
June worked for ONG in Enid for 31 years before retiring in 1986. She also worked for several years as a real estate agent with her good friend Mae Belle Jack. During retirement, she loved planning and going on bus trips with her ONGers retirees’ group.
She was a long time member and deaconess of University Place Christian Church and for the last several years attended Central Christian Church.
June is survived by her daughter, Stephanie Mather of Agra, OK; grandson, Maj. Matthew (Cari) Zimmerman of South Grafton, MA; granddaughter Keri (Aaron) Standlee of Meeker, OK; great-grandchildren, Alexis, Conlin and Gavin Zimmerman; many nieces and nephews and many friends.
She was pre-deceased by her brothers Roger, Frank, Dan, Harry and Bob Kunkel; her sister, Nancy Stetnish and her son-in-law Miles Zimmerman.
The family would like to thank the fantastic people at meals on wheels and at Central Christian Church, all of June’s wonderful neighbors, and especially her loving care-giver, Diana Smith Pardon.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Donor’s Choice with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home custodian of the fund. Online condolences may be left and viewing of the service at ladusauevans.com.
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