Thursday, November 17, 2011

June L. Booker (November 17, 2011)

June L. Booker, 90, of Greenville, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 17, 2011 at Heartland of Greenville.

She was born June 21, 1921 in Palestine, daughter of the late Fred L. and Blanche M. (Mosier) Hiatt. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Clark, and a brother, Verle Hiatt.

June was a 1939 graduate of Palestine High School. She had worked for several years at the Darke County Auditor’s Office and after retirement volunteered for the Wayne Hospital Auxiliary for several more years. She was a member of the Trinity Wesleyan Church in Greenville and the VFW Auxiliary also in Greenville.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Donald Booker, whom she married September 14, 1946; a daughter, Debby (Richard) Sodders of Greenville; a son, Craig A. (Ginger) Booker of Ft. Wayne, IN; grandsons, Josh and Ben Booker; a great grandson, Hayden Booker: a step granddaughter, Amy Sampier; 2 step great grandchildren, Morgan and Brooke Sampier; and 3 nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Monday, November 21, at the Trinity Wesleyan Church with Pastor’s Robert Boyd and Joe Payne co-officiating. Private burial will take place in the Greenville Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the Oliver-Floyd Funeral Home in Greenville Sunday from 2-5 p.m. and at the church Monday from10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Memorial contributions may be given to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.oliverfloyd.com