Barbara June Evans “June”, age 85, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver, Colorado. She was born on June 16, 1934 in Des Moines, Iowa to parents John and Kathleen Hopkins. Her mother remarried to Bruce Smucker in Des Moines, Iowa where she grew up with her step-bother Richard Smucker. June was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and dear friend to the many lucky people in her life. She loved animals including her adoring dogs Ryan and Megan.
June is survived by her daughter, Toni and her husband David, step-son Wally and his wife Carla, sons Alan Cart and David Cart; grandchildren, Tara, Kristin, Adam; step-grandchildren Louise, Christine, Patrick, Casey, Jaime; 18 great-grandchildren, and a host of additional loving family and friends.
June was preceded in death by her mother, Kathleen Smucker; step-father, Bruce Smucker; son, Michael Erichsen; former husbands, John Willits, Jim Shover, John Evans, Roy Guthmiller; and life long friend, Paul Michael James.