Submitted by: Dan Rich

June F. Renaud

Nov. 4, 1922 - Jan. 1, 1999

South Bend Tribune 1/4/1999

June F. Renaud, 76, of Mayflower Road, South Bend, Ind., went home to her Father in Heaven at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1. She was born in Berthoud, Colo., to Frank R. and Maude (Starkey) Garvin on Nov. 4, 1922.

On Aug. 11, 1944, she married Don ''Theodore'' Renaud, who preceded her in death in April 1998.

June is survived by three daughters, Jackie Isban and Karen Heintzelman, both of South Bend, and Kathy Cleaver of Indianapolis, Ind.; 10 grandchildren, Kathy Kronewitter of Andover, Minn., David Isban and Eric, Paul, Joe, Monica, Sarah and Mike Heintzelman, all of South Bend, and Kim and Christy Cleaver, both of Indianapolis; two great-grandchildren, Ashley and Bethany Kronewitter of Andover; and by her sister, Betty Bunting of Greeley, Colo.

She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelor's degree in Education. She later earned her license in Special Education from IUSB. June was employed by the South Bend Community School Corporation as a teacher for mentally handicapped children from 1959 to 1976. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and the People of Praise.

A funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in Holy Cross Catholic Church, with Rev. Michael Belinski, C.S.C., officiating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the church where a wake service will be held at 7 p.m. The Welsheimer Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Everyone loved June. She was gracious, generous, and had a wonderful sense of humor. She was devoted to her family, loved to go out to lunch, and was an excellent teacher to the many students she taught. ''Your children rise up to call you blessed.'' We love you Mom and Grandma. Enjoy your new life in Heaven.