"June, You Walked Through This World With Me!"

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Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 16:26

Written by Stanton O. Berg

-"JUNE, YOU WALKED THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME"-

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This 2013 Birthday tribute to June on her 86th Birthday (November 8th) is inspired by the title of the 1967 George Jone’s No.1 hit song: “Walk Through This World with Me”.

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June was born on Tuesday, November 8^th 1927…it was 23 years later that June and Stan first met…In May of 1951, while Stan was home on leave from the Army…both June and Stan had grown up during the great depression years as poor families on a dairy farm…June wondered: “Will Stan walk through this world with me?”

A little over a year later when they were married, both at age 24… June said:…“We will walk through this world together!"

And walk through this world together they did…as Stan’s profession as a forensic science consultant grew, Stan soon had cases from Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Florida and also internationally to forensic science conferences…while June as Stan's administrative assistant in Stan's forensic business, could not be with him in active investigations or during testimony in trials, June did travel with Stan to over 170 forensic Science conferences here and abroad.

June traveled with Stan as they cris-crossed the US from north to south and east to west…In Canada it was from Montreal, to Toronto to Vancouver…June was with Stan in Russia and eastern Europe in 1969 at the height of the “Cold War”...to attend the first ever international forensic science conferences in the Soviet Union…from Warsaw to Moscow to Leningrad,…conferences in the United Kingdom… from Edinburgh to London to Oxford…

London became June’s favorite city after nine visits…middle and south Europe…Frankfurt, Gottingen, Dusseldorf, Zurich, Vienna, Budapest…then Rome, and an audience with Pope Paul VI…yes, June and Stan  literally “Walked Through this World Together!"

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On a sad day in January 1998, June was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s…June and Stan made their bucket list of all the things they had put off doing during their life together and in the next six years while June was still able, they did them all!… including a final goodbye visit to London during the Sherlock Holme’s Festival…

It was in the years seven and eight that June’s Alzheimer’s took control of her mind and their lives. Stan slowly lost June, tear drop by tear drop...June eventually slipped into a world of darkness where she could no longer be reached…God took June home to Heaven on 23 October 2008.

Stan continues to travel life’s journey alone in a world without June…a lonely world but a world filled with June’s Memories…there will never be another  June!

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George Jone's

George Jone's was called home to Heaven on 26 April 2013...June was a Grand Ole Opry fan as well as a fan of most of the Country Western Legends like George Junes...Stan is sure June has walked in friendship with George in Heaven.

And if George is still singing the songs that made him famous here on earth, then June has heard George sing "Walk Through This World With Me" in person and up close...and Stan hopes that June remembered how they walked this world together during their 56 years of marriage...

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It was in 1951 that Patti Page's hit song "The Tennessee Waltz" became her "Career lifting Song". She first released the song in November 1950. It quickly  became the number one song on the charts in December 1950 and continued as number one for 9 weeks...it remained on the charts for a total of a 30 week run.as one of the top songs....

The Tennessee Waltz was at its peak in popularity at the time June and I met in May of 1951 and it remained popular during the time of our courtship and through the year of our marriage in 1952..

A coincidence perhaps, but Patti Page was also born on the exact same day, month and year as June ...Tuesday, 8 November 1927...The Tennessee Waltz became June and Stan's song!

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Marsha's Poem - June's Words to Stan

A fine lady poet and a friend from Nacogdoches, Texas, Marsha McKneely Ault, has honored June and Stan with a poem for June's birthday. (November 8th)

Marsha who is a lady of faith was also a caregiver for her father  who died of and with Alzheimer's.

Marsha's poem has a  similar theme and it references an undelivered valentine from June to Stan that was not discovered until it was found on a Valentine's Day a few years later.

Marsha gave considerable thought to this poem for June. This included preparation by reading and reviewing information about June's life as found in the essays and pages on June's website.

Finally Marsha after prayerful meditation, prefaces her poem with these introductory words:

“I felt impressed to have June speak to you:”

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"WE WALKED tHROUGH THIS WORLD"

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My Dear Stan

As I walk in the warmth of paradise

I reach through time for your hand

with perfect faith. I know…

You and I will be joined again.

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On that spring day when our eyes first met

I wondered, “Will we walk this world together?

Indeed we have— crisscrossing…

the blue, blue sea and the faraway lands.

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Time has waltzed with us in every dream,

every wish I ever had…to be a wife,

a mother, and a grandmother too…

All have been fulfilled in you, my dear Stan.

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When the darkness descended over my mind,

 and I began to slip away, I never once feared

being alone or afraid. I knew…

you’d never leave my side.

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The day you found the undelivered Valentine…

with the printed words: “Hand in hand,

side by side, soul to soul, heart to heart”…

I wanted you to remember—

You and I will be joined again!”

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