Southbury, Conn.
June Hinson Tschauder, 93, longtime resident of Southbury, Conn., passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
She was born June 29, 1928, with the first name “Marilyn,” which was legally changed to “June” shortly afterward. June was the daughter of the late Jay B. Hinson and Lucille (Dickson) Hinson. She grew up in White Plains, N.Y., before meeting her future husband when she was staying with friends in Southbury, Conn.
June was a proud co-founder of the Ladies Auxiliary Southbury VFD and a communicant of South Britain Congregational Church. At one time she had a cottage industry where she created terrariums with partridge berries, mosses and princess pine and sold them in New York City. She was a lifelong genealogist who created thick volumes for posterity. She became an early user of computer technology for this purpose. June loved going to tag sales and coming home with treasures. She enjoyed traveling across the country to Montana and Alaska and vacationing in Eastbrook on Molasses Pond. She was a devoted grandparent.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her son Lee Tschauder, her husband, Sanford Tschauder, her siblings Jay B. Hinson Jr., Jacquelyn Fincham and John Hinson, her sisters-in-law Gladys Burdick and June Hinson and her brothers-in-law Charles Burdick and Wallace Fincham.
She is survived by her daughter Joy Hodge and husband, Bud, her son Todd Tschauder and wife, Coleen, Noreen Todd (widow of Lee) and husband, John Turbak, grandchildren Cory Hodge and wife, Beth, Darby Hodge and wife, Stephanie, Aaron Hodge and wife, Megan, Bonnie Hodge and husband, Norman, Ellyn Beyer and husband, Corden, Keenan Tschauder, Rebecca Sherman and husband, Graham, Kylee Brouillard and husband, Ken, Sandra Stankiewicz and husband, Jason, Sharon Yuan and husband, Jim, her sisters-in-law Jane Hinson and Karen Hinson, 14 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, as well as numerous nephews and nieces.
She also leaves behind the children of dear friend Natalie Hardison of Waltham, for whom she became a second mother after Natalie’s untimely death, Mark Hardison, Beverly Reed, Douglas Hardison, Thomas Hardison and Todd Hardison.
A celebration of life gathering will be held on Molasses Pond, Eastbrook, this summer.
Calling hours will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, from 10 a.m. until the service at noon at the Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main St. North, Southbury, CT 06488. To leave online condolences, please visit www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to River Glen Residents Council, Darianne Struma, 162 S. Britain Road, Southbury, CT 06488 or Waltham and Eastbrook Youth Association, Mary Jordan, Treasurer, 1525 Waltham Road, Waltham, ME 04605.