June L. Chenoweth, age 70, of Isanti died August 11, 2011 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis from complications of breast cancer. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 16th at Cambridge United Methodist Church with Rev. Jean Rollin officiating. A time for visiting will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society.
June was born June 11, 1941, to Ray and Margaret Bilyeu of Birchdale, Minnesota. She was the fifth child of seven children. Her siblings included Robert, Grace Strodthoff, Lois Dobbins, Barbara Gutterud, Douglas, and Arnie. Married to Richard Chenoweth, they had two children, Bruce (Sharla Williamson) and Sarah (Jon McClellan) and have one grandchild, Mackenzie Lee McClellan. She was preceded in death by her parents.
She attended grade school at Border and graduated from Indus High School. She attended Bemidji State University, University of South Dakota, and graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota, B.A., magna cum laude in Business. While the children were young, June limited her activities outside the home to completing her degree and part-time work. As the children became older, she began working full-time at a tax accountant for farmers and rancher, ending her career as an accountant in Fargo, North Dakota. Throughout her life, she volunteered her time to her church and service organizations such as Habitat for Humanities and Shalom. She also taught English as a second language for various refuge organizations.
A voracious reader, she belonged to book clubs in several communities. She collected angels, butterflies, and kaleidoscopes. June enjoyed sewing, particularly a Scandinavian form of embroidery known as hardanger. She loved spending time in her award winning flower garden. Upon retirement, she enjoyed traveling with her husband. Together, they toured Australia and New Zealand, England, Ireland, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Canada. Last fall, they traveled throughout the western United States by train.
In 2004 June and Richard moved from Moorhead to Isanti where they made their home so they could be closer to their children.
Richard,
Am sending my sincere sympathy to you and your family.
Karen Murie (NDSU DCE – Fargo, ND)
Richard and Family,
My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family with the loss of June. I worked with June at Farm Accounting for many years. She was a great person to work with and an outstanding mentor. She will be missed.
Steve Rage
Richard and Family,
My sincere sympathy to you and your family. You all are in my thoughts and prayers.
Jerry Olson (NDSU DCE – Fargo, ND)
Dr. Chenoweth:
My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
Barb Schumacher,
NDSU Distance & Continuing Education
Richard and Family….I am so sorry for you loss. I remember June as being such a soft gentle soul, a really fine person. This world has lost a loving, caring person. Heaven has one up on us now. You are in my thoughts and prayers