Nora June (Robb) Pritchard

After living an incredibly full life that spanned over a century, Nora June (Robb) Pritchard, Wichita, was at last welcomed home by her Savior on June 1, 2025, just three weeks short of her 103rd birthday. June was born on June 18, 1922, in a dugout home in the southeastern corner of Colorado, in Baca County, and was the youngest of seven children surviving infancy born to Nora Ann Watson and Homer Young Robb. When she was a baby, her father, a schoolteacher, moved the family to Hurley, Missouri, to take up farming with his brother. Nicknamed "June Bug" by her family and friends, as a child June spent many hours helping her mother in the garden; picking tomatoes with her sister, Nellie, to take to the canning factory for extra money; and accompanying her mother on Wednesdays to the Methodist Church to watch the Ladies' Aid work on quilts. She graduated in 1940 from Hurley High School, one of a class of 12, where she played center on the girls' basketball team and served as Junior and Senior Class Vice President. At graduation she was awarded a full scholarship to Springfield Draughon Business University in Springfield, Missouri where she was recognized for her speed and accuracy in typing. After graduating, she moved to Wichita, Kansas and lived with her older sister, Nancy, while finding employment first as a typist at the Juvenile Shoe Company, then the Internal Revenue Service, and finally at Smith, Stone & Snyder Insurance Agency. She began attending First Methodist Church and became involved in the Young People's Department, and it was there that she met a dashing young Army Air Corps lieutenant, with whom she immediately fell in love and would marry in 1945. June continued to work after her first daughter, Cheryl, was born, but became a full-time homemaker following the birth of her son, Stephen, five years later. Ten years after that, another daughter, Janet, joined the family. Staying home did not mean being idle, however, and June kept busy as a room mother at her children's elementary schools, serving as PTA President, hosting Stanley Home Products parties, leading both her daughters' Camp Fire Girls groups, spearheading candy sales, and helping out at day camp. She was active at First United Methodist Church in the Triad Sunday School class, ladies' "circle," and quilting group, and volunteered with Meals on Wheels. June enjoyed playing tennis and golf, camping, needlework, baking, and was a voracious reader, bringing home a dozen books at a time to read after each biweekly trip to the library. She faithfully donated blood to the American Red Cross, and over her lifetime collected dozens of pins, one commemorating her reaching the 20-gallon donation mark. She had a vast collection of butterfly pins, which became her trademark, and she brought laughter and smiles to everyone she encountered, almost to the very end of her life. She will be remembered for her quick wit, competitive spirit, dimpled smile, deep faith, generous heart, and will be greatly missed until the day we are reunited in heaven. June was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Nora; two siblings who died in infancy; brothers Charles Eli and Lee Homer; sisters Nancy, Ruby, Kathryn, and Nell; and husband, Milford Leroy. She is survived by her children, Cheryl Lee Keimig, Stephen Edward (Maggi) Pritchard, and Janet Sue Meils; grandchildren Scot (Clare) Keimig, Kelly (Joel) Elsea, Bailey Pritchard, Jordan (Marc) Compton, and Jessie (Ryan) Gerjets; 9 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. A family celebration of life will be held at a later date at the Kansas Veteran's Cemetery in Winfield. Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, the Wichita Public Library, or First United Methodist Church, Wichita.Services in care of Downing & Lahey East Mortuary.