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UTEG, June Frye

Source: The Fountain County Neighbor, July 26, 2006, pg A3

GLENDORA, Calif. — June (Frye) Uteg, 78, Glendora, Calif., died Friday, June 23, 2006. She was born June 12, 1928 in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Lewis and Mabel Frye of Hillsboro. She was raised in Chicago and graduated from Steinmetz High School in 1946. She moved to Carpentersville, Ill. in 1956 to raise her family. She was a Girl Scout leader, election judge, and avid bowler. She spent many summers with her family in Hillsboro. She moved to California in 1978 and became a certified dietitian working in San Gabriel. She loved to garden and crochet and was active in her mobile home association as president and editor of the association newsletter. Survivors include: her children, June (Jim) Pittenger, Illinois, Jim Powers, California, Jackie (Danny) Ruiz, Illinois, Janice (Robert) Hickok, California, John Peterson, Florida, Jerri (Patrick) Werner, Illinois, and Jeffrey Peterson, California; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and her siblings, John (Patty) Meadows, Indiana, Ralph (Alice) Gamberdella, Illinois, Rosemarie Gamberdella, California, Esther Gamberdella, Oregon, Tom (Lily) Frye, Indiana, Ed Van Houten, Oregan, and Honey Catalano, California. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Janice; two brothers, Tom and Ed; a sister, Honey; and a sister-in-law, Alice. A memorial service was at 1 p.m. Saturday in Rockfield Cemetery, Veedersburg, with Gary Johnson officiating. Local arrangements by Dickerson Funeral Home, Veedersburg. Donations can be made to the American Lung Association or the charity of one's choice. – jlr
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