June S. Allen

June Jewel Seckel Allen was born 8 June 1924, in Dearborn, MO. Her Mom & Dad were Mary Elizabeth and Otha Seckel. June graduated from Bruce Grade School and Dearborn High School. After, that June went to work in St. Joseph, Missouri at the Whitaker Cable Company to support the war effort. She did this with her older sister, Ann Campbell, and her Aunt Dorothy Seckel. The three of them had an apartment in St. Joseph.

After the War, June went to work in the medical field helping in the office and doing the billings to both patients and insurance. This would prove to be a life time occupation for June.

In 1954, June went on Vacation to Iowa to relax around the lakes in Iowa. This is where June Clarence A. Allen (Shown above with June in 2013), her long time love and husband. Clarence asked June to marry him after only knowing her for two weeks. June said yes, and they were married on 26 December 1954. June and Clarence celebrated 60 Years of Marriage. Clarence survives June, as well as her daughter Jean Ann Allen Cady (born January 1958) and her son, John Clarence Allen (born December 1962). She is also survived by her grandson’s William Daniel Allen Cady and Patrick Allen. June was a second Mom to William and loved him like he was her own. They had a very special relationship. Patrick Allen was born after June’s disease had progressed to where she had trouble remembering, so this grandchild will not know his wonderful parental Grandmother. June is preceded in death by all of her family, except for Mary Reardon, the sister that she shared a bedroom with as a child.

June worked at UCSC in the insurance billing department, and she was very good at it, in fact, when they started giving out employee of the month awards, June won them all for 9 months in a row and then they stopped the program as they realized, June was going to keep winning this award. She was that good at her job and in helping people.

June in life was a warm, kind, honest, caring and loving Lady. June was exceptional at everything. If she was your friend, you could count on her to be there. As a Mom, she was the very best. She took great care of her two children, Jean and John. When they were little she feed and cared for them, as they got older she feed us and loved us and taught us to be kind, caring, honest, and loving. She taught us to always have Love, Faith and Hope in our lives. As a wife, she was exceptional and caring – June was the love of Clarence’s life, and every one that knew them knew that they were soul mates. Married for 60 years, and several months, they did what many cannot do. As a friend, June was the best. June’s best friend in life, Sally Westfall, died several years ago on Jean’s birthday. June and Sally were friends for about 45 years or more.

In June of 2015, the disease, Alzheimer’s, finally took the last rational part of June’s brain. The family had no choice but to find a nursing home that specialized in her disease. Clarence found one three miles from their home of 57 years, Active Care. This place was founded on Love, Hope, and Faith. June touched many people in this place. Not only did she touch the staff, but also the other patients. During her stay there, Clarence went everyday to visit Mom for several hours and to encourage her to exercise her body and mind. Clarence took Sunday off, and Jean, her daughter had Sundays with her Mom. In the beginning Jean would take her Mom out for a car ride and usually end up at her house for a special dinner. June loved horses, and she would sometimes go to the horse races with Clarence. A friend of Jean’s had a tea for June and the horse racing Jockeys were there and she got to meet one of them. June told him he was little, and he was. He gave her VIP passes to the horse races, but we never made it due to June’s health. June’s son, John, would visit when he could, and they had many good conversations.

June did not have much of a sense of humor, so others liked to tease her. None more than June’s youngest sister, Ida Jean Karl, who passed away a few years ago. As June’s ability to reason was leaving her, her imagination grew. One Sunday when Jean came to visit her, she took her hands, and said “I have something very important to tell you. I have been elected as the first woman President of the United States of America, and we will be moving to the White House soon, and I need you to come with me. I need help in getting the Senators to work together to save our great country.” June never spoke of politics, but she did love our country and the people in it. June always wanted peace in the world.

June taught her family and others how to be good people, by her actions, not just her words. She was one of the finest individuals you would ever meet. She came into this world as a very small baby and had to fight to stay in this world then, she did and then at age 91 she has been called home to our Father in heaver. God has called back one of his very special spirits, who was an angel to all of us that knew and loved June. June was an exceptional Wife, Mother, and Friend. Everyone left on earth will hold her in their hearts and memories until such time as we are all called to join her in Heaven. June missed her family and friends that had passed on before her, and June’s remaining family and friends on this earth, knows that they were there to greet her into Heaven.

June did a lot of living between 8 June 1924 and 1 November 2015. It was an exceptional life, for an exceptional lady. In death she will be an exceptional Angel. May you rest in peace June/Mom.