A Celebration of Life service for G. June Neibarger, 69, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS. Private inurnment will be held at Hubbel Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie, KS at a later date.
June died Sunday, December 5, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, following a lengthy illness. The body was cremated.
She was born August 4, 1941, in Platteville, Colo. She was one of eight children born to Frederick and Charlotte Miller Lesser. She grew up in the Greeley and Ft. Morgan, Colo. area and attended Fort Morgan High School. She moved to Kansas in 1964.
She married Jere J. Neibarger on Jan. 9, 1965, at the Congregational Church in Tonganoxie. They would have celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary in 2011.
June worked with her husband in several small businesses in Tonganoxie, DeSoto, and Overbrook. She worked for 17 years at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as an EKG Technician before her retirement in 2006.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, one brother, and one half-brother.
She is survived by her husband, of the home; two daughters, Katrina Rodriguez, husband Jose, and son Marcus of Greenwood, IN; Anna White, husband John, daughter Amanda and son Ethan, of Lawrence; one son, Derek, wife Christine, son Forrest, and daughter Ashley of Lawrence; two sisters, Bertha Weber and Helen Premer, and one brother Larry Lesser, all of Greeley, CO.; one half-brother, Fred Miller of Loveland, CO; and numerous nieces and nephews.
June was a loving and caring person who will be missed by her family and friends. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the doctors, nurses, and staff of The Oncology Center at LMH and everyone at LMH who cared for her during her final days.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials to the Aplastic Anemia-MDS Foundation, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
Uncle Jere and Family,
Please know that although we can not be with you,we hold you all in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. Aunt June will be deeply missed by us all. What a beautiful Angel that walked among us. All of our love.
Dave, Tammy and The Angels
Jere, we are very sad to hear that June is no longer with us. She is a great lady and will be greatly missed. There are a lot of fond memories of June (and Jere)working at LMH. We are all thinking of you in your time of sorrow.
Jackie and all the guys in Facilities Management
My thoughts and prayers are with the family as they are going through this difficult time. June was such a loving and caring person and will be dearly missed.
Bruce
Dear Jere, Katrina, Anna & Derek,
We will miss June very much. We have enjoyed all of our get-together’s and just sharing time with you both. Sharing the same birthday with June will be tough to celebrate without thinking of the times we have celebrated our day together. June was the sweetest person & a joy to know.
Jere & family you are all in our prayers and we are sorry that we can’t be there. We will keep in touch and hope that soon we can come to Lawrence to visit. Love & deepest sympathy to you all.
Dave & Brenda
Dear Jere, Katrina, Anna, and Derek,
We are so sad to learn about her illness and now her passing. We loved her so much. I would not have been able to have left Justin and Matt as babies, and go to work with peace of mind, with anyone but June. June adored all of “her kids” as her own, and we will always have a special place in our heart filled with love and gratitude for her. She will be greatly missed.
Love,
Steve, Marcia, Justin, and Matt Riley