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- (Research):June Marjorie Sohl, 90 years of age, passed away December 9, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Columbus
June was born on September 18, 1920 to Charles and Emma (Weigle) Claasen on the family farm north of Hooper, NE. She graduated from Hooper High School in May 1937. June wanted to be a nurse, but it was not to be. On September 20, 1939, she married Henry G. Sohl at the Claasen farm; Henrys father Rev. Ezra H. Sohl performed the ceremony. To this union there were eight children born. Keith D., Robert H., Phyllis J., George C., Annita J., Mary L., Mark T., and Henry G. Jr. (Hank).
June loved the out of doors, during her youth she helped her father on the farm working with the horses, milking cows, and climbing to the top of the windmill. After she married, there was always an enormous garden and lots of animals. She loved to read and always had more books than necessary. She finally got to be a nurse when in her 70s and 80s she was always helping "old people" who lived in the leisure home. She was a member of the United Methodist Church for 71 years. She was a woman of great energy and determination, and had a wonderful sense of humor.
Six of her children Robert H. of Benedict, NE; Phyllis J. (Lloyd) Bartholomew of Columbus, NE; Annita J. (Michael) Tripple of Cheyenne, WY; Mary L. of Linwood, NE; Mark T. of Arizona and Henry Hank G. Jr. (Bonnie) of Cheyenne, WY; her brother Donald C. Claasen (Joyce) of Mitchell, ND; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren survive her.
She is preceded in death by her son George C. who died in a house fire at the age of 11 months in April 1948, her husband Henry in March 1975, and oldest son Keith D. in June 1999. Interment will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Benedict, NE where her body will rest next to her husband and infant son. Her soul is already in heaven with the lord.
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