June Watson

June Watson, age 99, of Grants Pass, died March 21, 2019 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center.

June was born June 2, 1919 in Corning, California to Anton Neilsen & Ruth Pinckney. While growing up, she moved around a lot staying with her father, other family members and family friends. In 1937 she graduated from Grants Pass. She married and had one son, Dennis before divorcing when Dennis was still young. She was a single mother for many years. While living in Fresno, California she enrolled in a business college where she learned secretarial skills. She utilized these skills working in the business offices for Sunmaid Raisins, the Heart Association and as an executive secretary at Yosemite National Park - which was her favorite place of employment. When she retired, she moved to Morgan Hill, California where she met Robert Watson. After they were married, they moved to Grants Pass in 1995 to be near her sisters.

June was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Red Hat Society.

She especially enjoyed travel, music and sewing.

Survivors include her sister, Peggy McCormick; two grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Watson; son, Dennis King; brother Ronald Neilsen; and two sisters, Hally Towne and Faye Cline.

June’s resilience through adversity made her the spunky, fun-loving person well all new and loved.

A viewing will be at 11:00 a.m., April 5, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center Relief Society Room, Grants Pass.

A funeral service will begin at 12 Noon, April 5, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center.

Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.