June A. Dabling of Hermiston died on Jan. 2, 2025 in Hermiston at the age of 86.
She was born on June 16, 1938 in Oregon City.
June met and married Ralph Dabling while working at Marlette Homes. June brought with her three children from a previous marriage, Greg, Ryan, and Deborah. Ralph came with three daughters, Sue, Sally, and Shanna who June loved as her own. Together, June and Ralph completed their family with the addition of a daughter, Katrina.
She enjoyed her family, jewelry, rock hounding, gardening, and playing games. She had a knack for refurbishing everything from her home to RVs and even wedding dresses and artificial flowers. She became very skilled in making jewelry in her later years and was very proud of beautiful pieces she produced.
Despite living in assisted living for the past 10 years, June maintained her spunky and fun-loving attitude. She was the head ambassador, welcoming new residents to the facility, and was the past president of the Resident Council. She started a resident garden to get residents outside and provided fresh vegetables that the residents enjoyed through the summers. She enjoyed participating in themed dress-up days and was well known for her signature black hair and “June-Bug” nickname.
She was very loved by many and will be forever missed.
June is survived by her children, Sue Wheeler (Dan), Sally Ivey, Greg Anderson, Ryan Anderson, Shanna Chafin (Michael), Deborah Clements (Russell) and Katrina Ward (Chris); grandchildren, Brooke Dickenson, Adrian Harris (Jen), Jordan Harris, Bret Cochran (Stacey), Reese Ivey (Amanda), Kera Ivey (Nick), Kris Paullus (Morgan), Kelly Paullus (Lita), Kory Paullus, Amber Clements (Josh), Andrew Clements (Alixx), Patrick Ward (Anika) and Taylor Ward; sister, Janet; and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a little sister in childhood; her mother and father; a sister, Joyce Royer; and her husband, Ralph.
A private family graveside service will be held at the Hermiston Cemetery.
She loved animals and helped save many that were found and needed extra love and care to survive. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Pet Rescue in Hermiston.
Please share memories of June with her family at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
