June Steenson

1919 - 2021

WOLBACH - June E. Steenson, 102, of Wolbach, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021 at the Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wolbach. Interment will be at the Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach. Pastor Glenda Pearson will be officiating.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wolbach. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date.
Jacobsen-Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul is assisting the family.
She was born June 23, 1919, to Josie Belle (Kinney) and George Christian Myers on the family farm near Genoa.
June attended District 6 school in the Cushing area and then College Knob Rural School north of Wolbach through eighth grade. She attended Wolbach High School for three years, where she was a cheerleader. In the midst of the "Dirty Thirties," her family moved to Green River, Wyo., in 1936 to find work, so June graduated from Green River High School in 1937.
While still a student at Wolbach, she fell in love with Lawrence (Bub) Steenson. He moved to Green River to be near her after he graduated in August 1936. June and Bub were united in marriage on July 3, 1937, at Green River, Wyo. They were married 55 years until he passed away in 1992.
They had two sons. Larry Joe was born in 1939 at Green River, Wyo. Teddy Jay was born in 1943 at St. Paul.
Bub and June moved back to the Wolbach area in 1941 and lived on rented farms from 1941 to 1948. In January 1949, they purchased the former Bill Kolar farm, where June lived for nearly 72 years until her passing. They raised corn, wheat, cattle, hogs, chickens and horses, and after semi-retiring, they even kept a few donkeys to have something to do. They had a series of farm dogs and a few stray cats. They enjoyed fishing, traveling, and hosting gatherings for family and friends. June was active in many community events, including the Wolbach Rodeo, and was a longtime member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Wolbach, the Pins & Pans Extension clubs, and the local bridge club.
June's hobbies included gardening, canning, quilting, knitting, embroidery, cooking, baking, and playing cards. She liked anything "kelly green" in color (other greens not so much). She could, and would, talk to anybody, and never had a cross word to say about anyone. She never stopped trying new things or making new friends. June went for her first motorcycle ride on her 100th birthday!
After her son, Ted retired from teaching, June spent January through March of each year with him at his Florida home until he passed way in 2010.
June is survived by her son, Larry (Harriet); and by her grandchildren, Mike (Nora), Luanne Mobley (Harold), Jerry (Hea Kyung), and Gail Seaton (Scott). She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Hearring (Brian), Andrew Steenson (Lindsey), Evan Johnston (Jory), Drew Johnston (Bailey Wilmes), Katherina Steenson (Michael Brighi), Tiffani Steenson, Isaac Steenson and James Buchanan (Sydne). June is also survived by five great-great-grandchildren, Nathan, Morgan and Evelyn Hearring, and Isabelle and Audrey Steenson; along with many nephews and nieces and their families, and by many friends in Wolbach and the surrounding area who looked after her like family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bub; parents, George and Josie; her brothers, Carl (Ted) and Cecil; in-laws, Homer and Leatha Cook, and Delmar and Reva Steenson, and son, Ted.