She was a loyal volunteer to her local community.
But her proudest achievement were her children, said June Anfield’s husband Eric.
June, 61, died last month after a short battle with cancer.
She served for many years as secretary to Oban Community Council and prior to that was a leader with her local Cub group.
June had joined the community council after her late father, Kenneth MacIntyre, who was a long standing chairman of the group, passed away.
Today members of the community council gathered at Oban’s Lorn and Islands Hospital.
They presented a cheque for £500 to the NHS Highland Cancer Fund for the MacMillan Day Bed Unit in Oban in memory of June.
Marri Malloy, chairwoman, said: “June was a very loyal secretary to Oban Community Council. She never missed a meeting. She was always a very pleasant person. Everyone thought very highly of June.”
June and Eric were married for 37 years and have three grown up children, Mandy, Joni and Martin, and two grandchildren, Sam and Eva.
She was brought up in Dunollie and worked in Oban Co-op, at MacBrayne’s boat tours and latterly in Tesco.
‘It is too young’
Eric, 66, who attended the cheque presentation, said: “I came here to work when I was a young man in my twenties, I met June and we got married.
“She would have been 62 on the 17th of this month. It is too young.
“She did plenty of good things. The thing she was most proud of was her children and her grandchildren. She really was a wonderful mother and she has been a wonderful granny.
“She volunteered with the Cubs for 25 years so she was very good with children.
Her proudest achievement
“Her proudest achievement were her children. They all loved June, just because of the way that she was. As a mum they wouldn’t have swapped her for the world.
“We all got away on holiday before lockdown, the whole family, which was lucky.”
He added: “For her funeral collection we decided that Oban Hospice and the day care centre at the hospital should benefit.
“They fund the family room that is used up there.
A good local charity
“We decided to make the collection for a local charity because June was quite involved in the community, and being a local too.
“I had seen Oban Hospice looking for donations and holding fun runs so I thought it would be quite good to go to them.
“It is a very useful thing for families. Although June died in the ward, she wasn’t in the hospice, I felt that it is a good local charity.”
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