John June:  

Hi everyone, I married Frankie Haas, from Skaneateles, NY, June 16th, 1973. Frankie is originally from NY City, but moved to Central NY with her family when she was 15. I met her on June 19th, '71, while we were working for the same company in Syracuse. Our daughter Brandy came along Dec.10th, 1975. We just have the one child. Frankie did modeling at one time for Breck Shampoo. You may recall, the Breck Girls, had head shot portraits on the back covers of magazines, back in the day. She had two cover shots. We are living in Washington State now, we've been here since 1984. Frankie and I own a home in Kent, Washington, 18 miles south of the City of Seattle. Kent itself is a city of 136,000. Brandy lives about 5 miles from us, with her husband Jason, daughter Macie and son Bryson. Frankie was working for Girl Scouts at the time of our move and her job is why we relocated to the Seattle area. I went back to college when we moved here, and after graduation I started working in the Anesthesia Dept., at Providence Medical Center in Seattle. I was there a couple years, then went on to The University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. There, I was the Cardio-thoracic Anesthesia Technical Coordinator, and Teaching Adjutant, working mostly in open heart surgery. I was also a member of the organ transplant team. U.W. is the major organ transplant center in the Pacific Northwest and was very busy, with 35 O.R.'s. I was with the University for nearly 18 years, averaging 60 hours a week, plus I took a lot of call. When on call, chances were strong that I was back at the hospital working all night long. When taking call weekends, I was at the hospital all weekend. I needed to get out of that rat race and I also needed a life. I was recruited to join the Anesthesia staff at Evergreen Medical Center in Kirkland, WA., April of 2005. There I got more money, less call, and I didn't have to pay $1,200 a year, to park my vehicle. But working in that environment isn't for older people and my reaction time had slowed, so I retired May 9th 2011. Frankie continued to work for Girl Scouts after we moved to Washington, holding several positions with them. She had been a Field Director, Product Sales Mgr. and the Adult Development Director. But it got so it ran her life, and after 13 years, she 'retired'. After taking a few years off from work, she was employed at Home Depot for some time at their training center, getting new hires from all the stores around this area, up to speed.. Frankie and Brandy started their own catering company, Down Home Catering, Frankie loved it, but it was hard, tiring work, putting in a lot of hours and they were extremely busy. So they sold the business and closed the doors April 30th, 2017. Frankie retired, but Brandy was head of the marketing department with a local firm and now is the office manager at a vetranary hospital, in Tacoma, WA. Down Home Catering had been voted as one of the top caterers in Western Washington, in KING-TV's (Seattle) 'Best of Western Washington' viewers poll, for several years, placing second one year.. They placed 1st in The Kent Reporter's 'Best Of Kent' poll, each year from 2010-'17, beating out some of the big boys in the business. Frankie is on the Board of Directors for Kent Downtown Partnership and Chairs the promotions department, she is a member of Kent's Historical Society. Frankie was also a member of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. Brandy is a member and former Secretary of the Meridian-Kent Kiwanis and now the immediate past President, she's a former member of KDP and the Kent Chamber of Commerce and is very active in her church. Brandy's daughter Macie, was born Friday, July 13th 2007, on her dad's birthday. (Friday the 13th, father Jason....YIKES!!) Bryson was born August 22nd, 2013. Both are a joy and we love being grand parents. Brandy used to do a lot of musical theater, before Macie came along, but she's too busy to perform these days. Brandy manages twq veterinary clinics in Lakewood, WA. Brandy's husband is in real estate. While at the University, I formed John June Ski Tours and used to organize ski trips for folks. We would go all over, including resorts such as, Whistler-Blackcomb, BC, Sun Peaks, BC, Silver Mountain, ID. Mt. Bachelor, OR., along with other resorts in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Alberta, Canada. Of course I organized trips to resorts in Washington as well. I have gone skiing on my own to California and Colorado, since we moved west. I was also a part time alpine ski instructor for a few years. BUT, the old knees aren't what they used to be, so I hung up the ski boots and stopped doing the tour business. Besides, it costs too darn much to ski these days. Frankie and I do a lot of gardening, we are landscaping our yard ourselves. We have people stop by all the time, to comment on how much they like the front gardens and ask permission to take photos. The whole front yard is one huge garden, of five various themes. I once had 56 roses in my rose garden, but they are a lot of work and now have 13. I volunteer with The Seattle Thunderbirds Major Junior A Hockey Team, of the Western Hockey League. I go to rookie and training camps and write down evaluations of prospective players. Players are eligible to be drafted by NHL teams at age 17. So the quality of the games are at a very high level. For each year played in the league, players get one year free tuition to the college or university of ...Expand for more