June Grace Thorn Cobb, a secretary at Eastern Michigan
University from 1967-1984, died Dec. 15. She was 89.
Cobb was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and attended Cornell
University, where she graduated in 1939. She married Gilbert
H. Cobb in 1941. They moved to Ann Arbor, which was Cobb's
home for 45 years. Her husband also worked for Eastern
Michigan University, serving as director of McKenny Union
for 10 years.
She is survived by a son, Richard W. Cobb; a daughter,
Judith Cobb Shuck; five grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild.
A memorial service took place Dec. 30 in St. George, Utah.
Memorial donations may be made to The Gilbert H. Cobb Scholarship
Fund, Ferris State University, 420 Oak Prakken 101, Big
Rapids, MI, 49307.
