June Kerckaert

June Frances Kerckaert, age 93, Died March 27, 2013 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. June was the youngest of 4 children born to Norwegian parents and the last to survive. She was born in Lachine, Michigan April 17, 1919. She was baptized at the Leer Lutheran Church in Leer, Michigan. The church was a Norwegian synod. She graduated from Pontiac High School in 1938. She was employed by Pontiac Motors and retired from there in 1974 with 31 years of service. She married James Hart, in 1941 and divorced in 1946. NancyJack McDaniels is their only child. June then married Eric Bohls in 1947 and he died in 1970. She married Charles Kerckaert in 1971 and he died in 1993. June had many friends and her daughter does not remember her ever saying a bad word about anyone. She always had a smile for everyone. The one thing that anyone would remember about her would be is all the fruitcakes and cookies she would make for Christmas every year and giving them to everyone she knew. She would take a week off work each year to bake. Her daughter would come home from school and there would be cookies and fruitcakes everywhere. Each day was the same. June loved to dance even up until her death she still had the beat. She was a good cook and loved having people over for dinner. She was always so busy feeding everyone, that she hardly ate herself. She loved experimenting with different dishes and entering cooking contest. Her family never knew what they would have for dinner. She was a wonderful mother and her daughter's best friend. She loved her grandchildren. She has two grandchildren, Brian and Kevin Nancy's children. Her third husband, Charles had two children they are both deceased and they each had two children and several great grandchildren. Her daughter, Nancy found a poem that her mother had written about the little white church in Leer. June's parents and sister are buried in the front of the church along with many other family members. Visitation Friday 2:00pm - 8:00pm and Saturday 9:00am until time of funeral service at 10:00am at Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, 8459 Hall Road 3 blocks east of Van Dyke Utica. Burial at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Michigan. Memorials appreciated to Alzheimer's Association, 20300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 100, Southfield, Michigan 48076. Please share a memory with the family at www.sullivanfuneraldirectors.com