In loving memory ~ June Marie Baumbrough (nee Shultz) passed away on July 21, 2024, surrounded by family. She was pre-deceased by her husband, John, in June 2022. She had celebrated her 91st birthday on June 3rd.
June led an extremely busy life. Living and working on a farm, raising five kids (Shelley, Judy, Louise, Doug, and Buffy), and volunteering, she was always up by 5 am and rarely in bed before 11 pm. Among her many talents, June was an accomplished seamstress, with a keen sense of colour and style.
Her artistic eye was also evident in the many beautiful gardens she created on the farm over many decades. Spring, summer, and fall, no matter how busy, a day never went by without June spending some time working in her flower gardens. The winter months were spent visualizing and planning new flower beds, experimenting with colour, and plant combinations.
She loved the idea that her flowers provided habitat for birds and pollinators, in particular big bumblebees and butterflies. On most mornings during the gardening season, June would head outside to cut flowers from her gardens, ensuring there was always at least one flower arrangement in her home (there were usually several). They were often comprised of unexpected combinations of flowers, leaves, dried pods, or grasses that always caught one's eye and added a unique sense to the house.
She frequently said, "If you have flowers on the table, folks won't notice the dirt on the floor". June also spent a lot of time in her k.