June E. Sutherland Obituary
June Elizabeth Sutherland passed away at the Port healthcare facility in Newburyport, after, heroically enduring a long illness of Parkinson's disease. June was predeceased by her loving husband of 64 years Vincent A Sutherland. They, shared a home on Wheeler's Point that they built together and raised a family of six children. One of which predeceased her was her oldest son, David Sutherland. June was born in Gloucester to Ralph and Edna Gibbs and grew up in the family home on, Hartz Street. Known as "dreamy" she graduated Gloucester high school and was a member of several clubs during her attendance.
The Girls Rifle Team, Art club and Service club, to name a, few. After high school she went on to be a telephone operator for Ma Bell, during which time she, met Vincent from a blind date. She worked there until her fourth child was born and became a, homemaker. In which time she helped manage the menagerie her and Vincent created with, goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and a pig, not to mention honeybees. She was a generous and, caring woman. She even took in a poor child during the summer to foster. When she was reintroduced to figure skating at O'Maley Middle School she became, involved in the beginning of organizing the Cape Ann Figure Skating club.
Later she went to Essex Agricultural school to study and become a Home Health aide which was handy as she, could also care for her ailing mother-in-law. She also worked briefly at Gorton's and sought out a better career as a pharmacy technician, at Addison Gilbert Hospital. When she finally retired, her and her husband were able to travel. They enjoyed sailing, walks on the beach, trips to their camp in Maine and visiting family in California in Florida. She always enjoyed listening to music and dancing with Vincent.
When her illness immobilized her, she took to painting with Bob Ross videos and visited the Rose Baker Center with her dear sister in-law, Mary. June was loved tremendously by those she leaves her daughters, Dawn Carpenter wife of Walter, Deborah Nepomuceno, Diane Hand, wife of Walter, Denise Howard wife of Timothy; son, Daniel Sutherland and his fiancee' Jessica Morgan; 16 grandchildren, Mindy Guerrerios, wife of Thomas, Kate and Corey Sutherland, Vincent Carpenter, and Isaac Carpenter fiance' to Marguerite Boyle, Raya and Alex Nepomuceno, Leah wife of Tom Clark, Kyle and Jason.
Soper, Melissa, wife of Christopher Mundell, Daniel Sutherland, Evan Sutherland, and wife, Carolyn, Brianna Sutherland, Andrew and Lexy Howard and 8 great-grandchildren, TJ and, Jake Guerrerios, Kaleb, Luna, Kye and Damien Soper, Carter and Colton Mundell. June leaves a sister, Dorothy wife of Gus Wenz; sisters-in-law, Mary Johnson and Ellen Swanson and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by brothers, Ralph and James Gibbs and their wives, Ellie and Peggy; brothers-in-law, Raymond Sutherland and wife Rita, Thomas, John (Br. Raphel) and Jerome Sutherland and Donald Swanson; sisters in-law, Gertrude Perrine and Carole Sears; nephews, Wayne Gibbs, Raymond Gibbs and nieces, Peggy Ann Bennett, Sue Almeida, Helen Merluzzi, Maryellen Parisi, Judy Sutherland, and Terry Sutherland.
Visiting hours will be held in Greely Funeral Home, 212 Washington Street, Gloucester on Friday, May 3, 2024, from 4 - 7 p.m. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Ann's Church, Holy Family Parish on Saturday, May 4, at 11a.m. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Cemetery, Gloucester.
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
