Obituary - June G. Jones

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Former longtime Juneau resident June G. Jones died Feb. 20, 2007, at Olympic Memorial Hospital in Port Angeles, Wash. She was 86 and a resident of Sequim, Wash.

She was born June 29, 1920, in Juneau to Peter Martin Lynch and Bertha Alma Marie (Erpelding) Lynch. She was married in 1940 to Emery Herrett whom she later divorced. She then moved back to Juneau, where she married Hank Hazel in the late '40s. Later, she and her third husband, Lyn Jones, fished commercially in Southeast Alaska for several years on their boats the Deanna Marie and the Neskowin.

Family members said she was known for her strong love of animals, having horses in her earlier years, an ocelot and numerous cats.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Joe Lynch; and sister, Lucille Commers, of Juneau.

She is survived by her son, Tom Herrett and his wife, Karen; two grandchildren, Todd O'Neel, of Bonny Lake, Wash., and Tana Moorhead, of Spokane, Wash.; five great-grandchildren; niece, Bonnie Jo Davison, of Port Angeles; and nephew, M. Thomas Lynch, of Chelan, Wash.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Drennen-Ford Funeral Home in Port Angeles, Wash.

Memorials may be sent to Clallam County Humane Society, 2105 W. Highway 101, Port Angeles, WA, 98362.

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