Beloved wife, mother, and sister, June Perkins, died Tuesday, September 25, 2018 after an 8-month battle with cancer. June most recently was the Health and Wellness Director and Registered Nurse CHPN at Brookdale in Lenoir, NC and was formerly a RN CHPN at Hospice for many years in both Hickory, NC and Orlando, FL, as well as an Oncology Nurse at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
June was born in Louisville, KY to Junia Rout and Elizabeth Allen Rout (both deceased), and grew up in nearby Bardstown with her parents and older brother Robert. She married Tom Perkins of Kokomo, IN in 1963 and had three children, who were all born in Indianapolis, IN. When she was in her 40s, June decided to set down the path that was her true passion and calling in life: Nursing. She graduated from Seminole Community College's nursing program in Sanford, FL, Magna Cum Laude, and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Society.
She loved her husband. She loved her brother. She loved her children. She loved her grandsons, her family, her friends, her pets, her faith, and she loved being a healthcare professional—all with an equal fervor. She simply loved life. She was a beautiful, compassionate person, and will be profoundly missed.
June is survived by her husband, Tom Harris Perkins of Hickory NC, her brother, Dr. William Robert Rout, M.D. of Gainesville, FL, her daughter Elizabeth Perkins Richardson and her husband Victor James Richardson of Reston, VA, her daughter, Stacy Leigh Dunn of Apex, NC, her son, Thomas Richard Harrison Perkins of Hickory, NC, and her grandsons Keenan Bennet Richardson, Nathaniel Junia Kenneth Dunn, Aidan Robert Thomas Dunn, and Flynn Redmond Adhuil Dunn.
Funeral services for June will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 2 pm at The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Hickory, NC, and her ashes will be interred at a later date at Saint Richards Episcopal Church in Winter Park, FL.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider making a donation to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in June's name.
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