June Marie Ashby
Born: June 27th, 1946
Died: July 26th, 2002
Obituary
June Marie Ashby, age 56, of Burlington, passed away at 11:45 AM Friday, July 26, 2002, at the Great River Medical Center West Burlington of cancer. Born June 27, 1946, in Negunee, MI, she was the daughter of Arthur J. and Dorothy Maltby Tousignant. She married James Edward Ashby on July 2, 1966 in Burlington at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. She graduated from Bishop Baraga Central High in Marquette, MI, in 1964. She was a cook at the former Burlington Medical Center now the Great River Medical Center, for 20 years. She retired on August 18, 2000. Mrs. Ashby was a member of SS John & Paul Catholic Church. Born on a farm in Michigan, she left when she was 18 to move to Iowa where she got married, had three kids and has been married for 36 years. She enjoyed making handmade quilts, gardening, flowers and her cats.
Survivors include her husband, James; two sons, Michael James Ashby and Jeffery Allen Ashby, both of Burlington; one daughter, Linda Sue Scott, of West Burlington; three grandchildren, Dakota, Danielle, and Toni; two brothers, Daniel J. Tousignant, of Mount Pleasant, Michael J. Tousignant, of Gwinn, MI; five sisters, Jermaine (Bam) Tousignant, of Breckenridge, MI, Sister Joan Tousignant, of Galesburg, IL, Armene Walsh, of MI, Judy Keast, Upper, MI, and Elaine Brock, of CA; and numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, and one sister.
Visitation will begin after 8:00 AM Monday, July 29, at the Hass Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM.The Mass of the Resurrection for Mrs. Ashby will be at 10:30 AM Tuesday, July 30, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Rev. Father Patrick J. Hilgendorf will be the Celebrant. The Des Moines Resurrection Choir will provide music. Interment will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.A memorial has been established.
Visitation: Visitation: will begin after 8:00 AM July 29, 2002 at the Hass Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM
Memorial: Mass of the Resurrection: 10:30 AM July 30, 2002 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
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