Goschke, June Berneice

June Berneice Goschke, 88, died Monday, August 9, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church, Wellman, with Pastor Mark Larson officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the Powell Funeral Home, Wellman, where the family will greet friends from 4 to8 p.m.

A memorial fund has been established for First Baptist Church and Wellman Heritage Society.

June was born June 1, 1922, near Lockman, Iowa, the daughter of Lauryon and Tessie (Evans) Newell. She graduated from Eddyville High School and attended William Penn College and Iowa State Teachers College. She taught rural country school in Monroe County and then at Ladora Public School. On May 29, 1942, she was united in marriage to Amil Gene Goschke in Brownwood, Texas. They moved to Wellman in 1947. In 1949, they purchased the Wellman Advance where June was the feature writer, proof reader and office manager. In 1992, they sold the paper and retired.

June was a very active member of the First Baptist Church in Wellman, charter member of the Wellman Heritage Society, trustee of the Wellman Library for 29 years, past president of the Wellman Library Board, past president of TTT, ALC Club and in 1990 she was named Washington County Outstanding Senior Citizen. She was also very active with Mid-Prairie School activities and she received an Honorary FFA Degree from the Mid-Prairie Chapter, and in 1986 she was given Mid-Prairie Education Association's Friend of Education award.

June is survived by a son, Douglas Goschke and wife Ann of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; two daughters, Pamela Goschke and friend Tim Meyer of Amana, and Sue Ann Gravert and husband Gary of Albia; a son-in-law, Tim Grady of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Grace Hedges of Englewood, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gene; a daughter, Junean Grady; two brothers, Irvin Newell and Clayton Newell; and two sisters, Lois Miller and Freida Hewitt.

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