June Lowden
June 24, 1928 ~ October 3, 2023
Born in:
Mott, North Dakota
Resided in:
Moorhead, Minnesota
June Lowden of Fargo, ND, died on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at Essentia Hospital in Fargo, ND.
June Rose Otilla Martin was born June 24, 1928, in Mott, ND, the second of three to Frederick and Anetta Martin. She grew up in Mott, ND, and graduated from Mott High School. She attended North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) – now NDSU. She taught in a one-room school near her hometown, later teaching 4H for one year.
She then married Leslie C. Johnson and moved to Seattle, WA. She was a seamstress for Benard’s and sewed clothes for movie stars. She moved to Fargo, ND, and began working at Northern Drug Company. They had their first son, Dennis Ray Johnson, in 1958, and their second son, Gary Lee Johnson, in 1960. They divorced and she continued to raise her two sons. She remarried Forrest F. Lowden in Lemon, SD, in 1971. In 1973, Tammy Annette Lowden was born to them. June operated a daycare in North Dakota for 70 years, setting a state record.
June is survived by her brother, Robert Martin, Mott, ND; her sons, Dennis Johnson, Mukilteo, WA; Gary Lee Sam Johnson (Kristyn Brande – fiancé); her daughter, Tammy (Brad) Hecker, Felton, MN; and her 5 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Edna Ottmar, and her second husband Forrest Lowden.
Services
Visitation - Monday: October 9, 2023 1:00 pm
Boulger Funeral Home and Celebration of Life Center
123 10th Street S.
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
701-237-6441
www.boulgerfuneralhome.com
Funeral Service - Monday: October 9, 2023 2:00 pm
Boulger Funeral Home and Celebration of Life Center
123 10th Street S.
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
701-237-6441
www.boulgerfuneralhome.com
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Mom,
I tried to be there for you always like you were there for me , in my darkest hours and brightest hours. I know you loved sewing, kids, gardens and cats and so much more. I am so blessed to have had your guidance, you understanding and your love. I feel so broken that I lost you, I feel lost, I will miss hearing you say “I love you” each day when we talked on the phone or dropping you off after we went shopping or a restaurant. Others may have won the lottery, I won the jackpot! But like you said to me “you only get once chance in life so use it”
I would give anything to have you back. I miss our road trips and long talks, I miss your advice and knowledge. You have only been gone for a few days. It feels like forever. Thank God I got to pray with you a lot so I know you made it ok to heaven, I have no doubt in that. None. You were my teacher, my advisor, my farm helper. Best of all you were my mom. love you.
I did not know Jean. I know Dennis and Gary for they are my stepbrothers. Just want them to know that I am thinking of you both. Your mom will be missed everyday. You only get one mom in your life so treasure those memories whether they be good or bad.