June Brubaker

JUNE BRUBAKER Funeral services for lifelong Cortez resident June Brubaker will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 2 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Rev. Lynn Evans will officiate. Interment will follow at the Lewis Cemetery. A visitation has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Chapel. The daughter of Noel Cullen and Lois Levina (Proffer) Hadley, June was born on June 1, 1928 in Ackman, Colo. She passed away on Sunday, July 30 at Vista Mesa Retirement Center at the age of 78. On December 4, 1954, June married her lifelong love, Charles E. Brubaker in Cortez. They would have celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary this year. June was an active member of P.E.O. and the Legion Auxiliary. She and her husband were a vital part of the Cortez business community, they owned and operated Bru’s House of Color from 1963 to 1985. June’s family brought her much pride and joy, some of her happiest times were those spent with her family. Her friends were also very precious to her. June’s spare time was consumed with antiques, her family will attest that she obtained many treasures. Surviving June are her loving husband, Charles “Bru” Brubaker of Cortez; her sons, Mark Brubaker and wife, Susan of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Scott Brubaker and wife, Beth of Destin, Florida, and Mitch Brubaker and wife, Kathy of Santee, Calif.; her sister, Carol Imel of Cortez; and her seven grandchildren, Jonathan and Katherine Brubaker of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Stephanie Brubaker of Portland, Ore., Eric Brubaker of Destin, Florida, Jason, Brandon, and Natalie Brubaker, all of Santee, Calif. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her sister, Gayle Sellard. Memorial contributions may be made in June’s memory to Hospice of Montezuma.