Beatrice June Zehrung Dickson

1929 - 2014

Beatrice June Zehrung Dickson was born in Mishawaka, Indiana to Josie and Carl Zehrung, June 27, 1929. She was the youngest of four sisters and four brothers. She was known by both "B" and June.

Mishawaka is a city just east of South Bend, Indiana. June went through the Mishawaka school system, attended both Bethel and William Jennings Bryan Colleges graduating in 1953. She met Grover J. Dickson in College in 1952 and they were married in September, 1953. They served in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1990 and have lived in Oxnard from 1985 to the present.

June had a Bachelor's degree in Christian Education and used her skills and expertise every place she lived. She had a natural and cultivated talent in painting and sewing and her friends and family will greatly miss her landscapes and portraits. She had a winsome smile for everyone. June attended services at the Seabee Chapel, Port Hueneme and the First Christian Church, Santa Paula.

As it is written in Proverbs 31:28, she was a blest mother "Her children rise up and call her blessed." She died at UCLA Hospital after a lengthy illness, Tuesday, 09 December, 2014.

June is preceded in death by her parents Josie and Carl Zehrung: Brothers, Albert, Chester, Ralph and Harvey Zehrung: Sisters, Mildred, Kelley, and Gertrude Crocker.

She is survived by her sister Edna Mae Burner: her Husband, Grover J. Dickson, Oxnard: Sons, John (Debbie) Dickson, Las Vegas Nevada and Joel (Julie) Dickson, Ukiah Ca: Daughters, Jacqueline (Kevin) Walters, Sherwood, Oregon, and Jill (Scott) Lewis, Vallejo, Ca. Grandsons: Derrick Martinez, Sacramento, Ca. and Adam Martinez, Susanville, Ca., Jacob Walters, Sherwood, Oregon, and Cooper Dickson, Las Vegas, Nevada. Granddaughters: Alisha and Charlotte Dickson, Ukiah, Ca. and Hannah Walters, Sherwood, Oregon.

Memorial Services are pending for sometime in January, 2015.