BOURBON - June Ruth Bramlet Erwin, of Bourbon, died Jan. 17, 2009, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend.
In 1948, she married Will Erwin, who survives.
She earned a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Illinois. She taught English, speech, Spanish and psychology for 15 years in area schools and was a volunteer tutor after retirement. She was a fundraiser for and a member of the first board of directors for the Marshall-Starke Development Center. She supported the Marshall County Community Foundation, serving as a member of its founding board. She was past president of the Bourbon Reading Club and the Marshall County Federation of Clubs. She served as vice chairman of Marshall County Youth Republicans and as a Marshall County vice chairman of the "Eisenhower for President Committee." She was a member of the United Methodist Church, served as president of the United Methodist Women for four years and was on the State Board of Hospitals and Homes of the Methodist Church. She taught Sunday school for many years and ran a Cub Scout Den and Campfire Group. She was a member of the Marshall County Red Cross Board of Directors and supported the Red Cross for more than a half of a century. Other board work included the Marshall County Board of Mental Health, Bashor Home for Boys, Goshen, and the Marshall County United Way. She taught swimming for many years and was a Hospice volunteer in Marshall and Kosciusko counties. She drove ambulance for the Bourbon EMS. While in Washington D.C. she represented the USDA in the Washington inner city schools summer program and volunteered at DC junior high school during the school year.
Also surviving are a daughter, Hope Erwin (and spouse Richard Frank), White Fish Bay, Wis.; a son James Erwin, Plymouth; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters and a son.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at The Bourbon First United Methodist Church, Bourbon. Burial will be in Parks Cemetery, Bourbon.
Calling is from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church.
Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials to Hospice or The Bourbon First United Methodist Church.
Condolences may be sent to deaton-clemensfh@cyberlinkint.com
