June Irwin, 93 of Wagner

Her funeral service will be 11:00 am Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at the Wagner Community Church, with burial in the ZCBJ Cemetery, rural Wagner. Visitation will be at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner from 12 pm to 6 pm Monday.

June Wanda Irwin, daughter of Charles and Lelah (Kindig) Palmer, was born June 15, 1917 at Kingsley, IA in Woodberry County. She died Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Society in Wagner. June attained the age of 93 years, three months and 25 days.

June lived in Iowa until she was two years old. Her family moved to South Dakota where they farmed near Ravinia. June graduated from Armour High School in 1935.

June married Ivan Irwin on December 26, 1936 in Lake Andes. Four children were blessed to their union.

June and Ivan lived in Douglas County and Charles Mix all of their life. They owned and operated the Armour Cleaners. They owned Corral's Cafe in Lake Andes and also had a cafe in Ravinia. When the Heritage Court opened in Wagner, Ivan and June were some of the original residents and they managed Heritage Court for many years. Ivan died in October of 1987. June continued to live in the Heritage Court until she decided to move to the Good Samaritan Society in Wagner on October 1, 2009.

June will lovingly be remembered for all the baby quilts she made. She sewed for many people and also enjoyed doing embroidery.
Thankful for having shared her life are her children: Darvol of Wagner; Delayne and wife Carol of Corsica; and Shirley and husband Jim Leines of Wagner; son-in-law Dave Lile of Wagner; 13 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren with one more on the way; 10 great-great grandchildren and one more on the way.

June was preceded in death by her husband; daughter Sharon Lile on August 19, 2010; two brothers: Charles and Curt Palmer; and one sister Mary Matheson.