June Ann Somers, age 78, passed away at South Lincoln Medical Center in Kemmerer, Wyoming on February 16, 2023.
June was born on June 6, 1944 in Kemmerer, Wyoming, the daughter of John Andrew and Anna Marie (Churlick) Stefonick, the thired daughter of five.
June graduated from Kemmerer High School in 1962. She worked at the Kemmerer Hotel for Western Union, where she met the love of her life, Jerry Somers. They were married in April 1965 and made their home in Kemmerer for a few years, then moved to Diamondville where she lived the rest of her life.
She worked at Gambles Hardware Store and Janet’s Salon in Kemmerer. In the 80’s she went to work for the District Court until her retirement. She also worked as a baliff, and an election judge.
Some of her hobbies were gardening, her flowers and trips to Wendover and Riverton Casinos. When she had the opportunity, she would travel to Wheatland to visit her sister Margaret. She thouroughly enjoyed and loved all of her nieces and nephews, and was involved in all aspects of their lives.
June was a very special person to the whole family, constantly helping anyone in need, always there when asked to help. She was the most compassionate and loving person to everyone she met. She always put others before herself. She will be greatly missed by family and friends in the community. She was the rock of the family.
June is preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Somers, after twenty nine years of marriage, her parents, John and Annie Stefonick, three sisters, Mary (Jake) Kaydas, Annie (George) Marshinsky, Margaret (Bill) Carmichael and a brother, John Stalliviere.
June is survived by four sisters, Arlene Kirkwood, Carol Cattelan, Sally (John) Hunzie and Georgia (Larry) Coplen.
June is also survived by several nieces and nephews an, Kerri Hunzie (Mike) Marshinsky, Anna Coplen, Laura Jo (Nick) Lyons, and Kim Somers, John Allen Hunzie, Ronnie (Jeanne) Cattelan, Chris Cattelan, and Lance (Lacy) Cattelan, and Rick (Veronica) Somers.
Rosary Vigil will be recited on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 5:30 PM at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Kemmerer, and Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Kemmerer. Inurnment will follow services at the South Lincoln Cemetery in Kemmerer, WY.
Memorial donations may be made to The American Cancer Society.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
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