Mona June Lamb

Mona ‘June’ (Britton) Lamb, 92, of Wenatchee, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on November 17, 2024, at Blossom Creek Memory Care Community, Wenatchee, Washington. June spoke frequently about her Savior, Jesus Christ, and the comfort she had, knowing she would soon see Him face to face. A family celebration of life memorial gathering is planned for this coming spring. June was born in Camas, Washington, on September 28, 1932, to Merle and Mary Jane (Smith) Britton. She graduated from Grandview High School in 1950 and moved to Mississippi, where June lived with her older brother, Jimmy, and his wife Jonnie, while working for a radio station. June later moved back to the Yakima area, where she met and married the love of her life, Thomas J Lamb, on August 2, 1953. They moved to Seattle, where their son, Steve, and their daughter, Vicky, were born. They returned to Yakima, where their son Tim was born. After purchasing a home in Seattle, they returned for another 11 years, where June worked as a teacher’s aide at McDonald and B. F. Day Elementary Schools. The family then moved to Waterville, Washington, where June and Tom owned and operated McDonald and Big Bend Motels. June also worked as a nurse’s aide at the Douglas County Hospital and a bookkeeper at the local bank and the Waterville Auto Company. After 17 years in Waterville, they moved to East Wenatchee, where June worked for Evergreen Cemetery and Jones and Jones Funeral Home. In October of 1990, Tom passed away. June then performed secretarial work for 2 churches and was employed as a federal census surveyor. In addition, she administratively supported Tim’s Auto Repair Shop in Entiat and enjoyed providing child care for her grandchildren, Tomi and Brittony. June loved reading poetry to her own children, and was delighted to volunteer at Entiat Elementary School, reading poetry to elementary students for 13 years. In addition to poetry and children, she will be remembered for her love of family. Other memories include inviting our elementary school teachers home for dinner, annual road trips to Arizona, ocean beach excursions, traveling with her grandchildren, bunt cakes, John Wayne movies, music from the ’40s, seafood, Seattle, and collecting lambs. After a series of medical problems, June lived in several senior care facilities, most recently at Blossom Creek Memory Care Community. June was preceded in death by her husband, Tom, both parents, Merle and Mary Jane, her brother, James, and her sister, Jean. June is survived by her children, Steve (Cindy) of Oroville, WA, Vicky Patrick (Brent) of St Maries, ID, Tim of St John, WA, and daughter-in-law Brenda Lamb of Entiat, WA, 10 grandchildren, and 21 greatgrandchildren

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Mona June Lamb

September 28, 1932 - November 17, 2024