June Marie Robinson

June Marie Robinson (Bashaw)June Robinson was an important part of the lives of many people. Her kindness, love and loyalty showed in everything that she did. She served many roles in her life:She was a daughter. Born June Marie Bashaw to Samuel and Mary Ann (Marie) Bashaw, she grew up on a chicken farm in Kirkland, Washington. She was two years younger than her sister Virginia but you could easily tell them apart as June wore ringlets in her hair. Both June and Virginia loved to play make-believe as children. They went to a little red school house nearby, had a dog named Curly and picked blackberries along the railroad tracks.June was a supportive daughter, helping her mother after her father had passed. She worked in an office at the Lake Washington Ship Yard, learning to type and write short-hand.June was a wife. She met John William Robinson (Johnicans to her) shortly after World War II. John would better be known as Jack to everyone he knew. After a budding relationship, they were married on June 14, 1947. Their 43-year old marriage was very successful. While staying in Pullman with her family, her husband and his uncle built The House That Jack Built. This is the house that June and Jack would raise their four lovely children in.June was a mother. First came John Edwin Robinson in 1953. Next was Janet Lynn Robinson in 1955. Jeffrey Dale Robinson came in 1958. They couldnt stop there as their youngest child; Jill Caroline Robinson was born in 1964.June was a stay-at-home mom for her four children, making them food, cleaning up after them when they were young and calming them after they had a rough day. She was involved in the Ridgecrest PTA, volunteered in the classroom, was a den mother for Johns Boy Scout group and even the bead chair for Janets Campfire Girls. June won the Golden Acorn award for her contributions to the PTA. Summer was a fun time when June invited all the neighborhood children to her yard for an annual cupcake party. Each child got to decorate a bunch of cupcakes with their choice of frostings and toppings. They then got to bring them home. She created a backyard carnival (complete with Penny ribbons) to win playing games she created. She built a work ethic in her children, holding Tom Sawyer day in the Summer where her children would spend the entire day outside working in the yard and eating hotdogs and hamburgers.June was a very crafty mother, sewing costumes for Dance Recitals and Halloween. She would make cookies for her family. As Jack was a lover of model railroads, June would bake cookies for the other railroaders during meetings and railroad conventions. The railroaders gave her the nickname The Cookie Queen for her skill in baking cookies.The family took numerous camping trips during the Summer and later Jack and June joined Good Sams where they would drag their trailer across Washington. It was here that June would prepare the food and participate in games around the campfire. One of her favorite spots was Miller River, mostly due to the tranquility that came with reserving the entire campground. June was a part of the community. When her children were getting older, June was a paraeducator aide to Paul Blackshere between grade school and high school. She worked with him every day. Later, she also volunteered at Cromwell Elementary School helping to teach reading to children as needed.After Jacks passing, June was an instrumental part of her singing group at Shoreline Senior Center. June had a great love for singing, which was seen when she broke into song in the middle of a conversation. Along with singing, June partook in classes for painting and Hula dancing. She would also volunteer her time to make crafts and sell nuts to raise money for the Childrens Orthopedic Group.She was a grandmother. When Junes four children became adults and each of them had children, June would be a part of her grandchildrens life. They would go for walks to parks and beaches, go out for pizza, and she would make them BLTs and Chicken Noodle Soup. She would help them in school shopping or take them to the Library. A cold, morning wake-up call at home or during a camping trip would include June serenading them with Irving Berlins Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning. While June would forget lyrics here and there, the intent was clear and made those mornings much easier. June would babysit her grandchildren, letting them stay three or four days at her house at a time. She would watch movies with them, play cards or games, and cook them breakfast every morning. She was an animal lover. Throughout her life, June owned several pets, many which were rescued from harm. Her favorite dog breed was a Welsh Terrier. As she got older, you could often see a dog by her side and she loved taking them on daily walks.She was an adventurer. She enjoyed going to Alaska, notably visiting the state with her brother in law Aussie to retrace her fathers role in the Iditarod Trail. She would return years later with her daughter, Jill on an Alaskan Cruise.She enjoyed traveling across the country. With members of her family she visited Yellowstone, Palm Springs, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and more. What was even more amazing was that after breaking her hip from falling off a porch, she rallied back and celebrated by Parasailing over the waters of Cabo San Lucas.Whether it be as a daughter, a wife, a mother, a member of the community, a grandma, dog lover or adventurer, June touched the lives of all those around her. June Robinson passed away on March 2, 2017 after battling dementia.June will always be remembered by her four children (John Robinson, Janet Bartel, Jeff Robinson and Jill Espitia), her eight grandchildren (Jennifer, Matt, Dallas, David, Katie, Nick, Alejandro Jr. and Gabriel) and her three great-grandchildren (Aidan, Nathan and Addison).In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Shoreline Senior Center.You will be remembered forever in our hearts