June (Sather) Broeckel died Feb. 8 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Al Broeckel ’60and three children. She met Al while attending elementary school and they both graduated from Lacrosse High School in 1953. June attended Pacific Lutheran College (now PLU) from 1953-1957 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Education. She started by teaching third grade and also taught at PLC and UW in the Departments of Education. The majority of her career was spent in the Clover Park School District teaching kindergarten after she earned her master’s degree in Education from PLU in 1961.