Obituaries

ITHACA - Carmela A. June, 84, of Ithaca, died Wednesday July 23rd, 2008, at Beechtree Care Center. Mrs. June was born in New York City on May 7th, 1924, the daughter of the late Rocco and Anna DeFrova Santamassino.

She was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church. She was a very musical person who was an avid dancer and enjoyed square dancing and bowling. She was a member of the Salvation Army Golden Age Club.

She is survived by a son, Robert F. (Jinnie) June of Groton; two daughters, Lorraine (Jack) Hamilton of Newfield, and Karen (Richard) Wilson of Lansing; seven grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; one great-great grandson and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was predeceased be her husband of 56 years Robert M. June; six sisters, Grace Bellafesta, Bridget Parulo, Frances Canzone, Pauline Reed, Lillian Spurio, and Rose D'Allesandro; three brothers, John, Louis, and Rocco Santamassino; and one half brother, Carl Conti; one granddaughter, Robin Hamilton; and one great grandson Kevin June.

Friends and family may call on Monday, July 28t, 2008 from 10 a.m. until time of 12 Noon Funeral Services at the Herson Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Frear Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, 150 North Albany Street, Ithaca, or the American Heart Association, Southern Tier N.Y. Chapter, 427 Cayuga Street, Ithaca.