June C. Pearson, 79, of Forestburg, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at the Prairie View Care Center in Woonsocket. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at the Welter Funeral Home in Huron with burial following at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

June Clara Fenske, was born on March 24, 1939 to Carl and Marie (Drussell) Fenske on the family farm near Alpena in Sanborn County, SD. She attended the Hegg Country School in Sanborn County. June married Vernon Pearson in 1959 in Huron, SD. She and Vernon lived on the farm near Forestburg since 1959. June worked at Van Dyke's, Dakota Pork for 13 years, and ShopKo in Mitchell for 9 years. She was a hardworking farmwife, working many hours alongside her husband in the field.

June enjoyed cleaning her house. She loved to decorate and switch pictures around. She also liked to shop for new shoes and purses.  June loved to cook for family, especially baked goods. Children and grandchildren never went away hungry! Her candy dish was always full. She was affectionately known as "June-Bug" by the staff at Prairie View Care Center. June married Harold Joerger on January 7, 2005 in Huron. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Parish.

June is survived by her husband Harold of Aitkin, MN; two children, Brian (Lori) Pearson and Jeanette (Greg) Cornelius all of Forestburg; five grandchildren, Amanda Field, Travis White, Stuart Pearson, Brady Cornelius, and Shania Cornelius; seven great-grandchildren; her sister, LaVerne Hein of Huron; and many nieces and nephews. June was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Vernon in 2002.