June Morse Izzard

Our precious Sweetie, June Gwendolyn Morse Izzard, moved to her heavenly home on Monday morning, August 29, 2016 in San Angelo, Texas at the age of 95 years. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, and friend. June was born June 17, 1921 in Ft. Stockton, Texas to Vernie Lee and June Dawson Morse. She lived most of her life in San Angelo, graduating from San Angelo Senior High School and San Angelo College. As a young woman, she was active in school, loved hanging out with many girlfriends and enjoyed being a part of the pep squad and the tumbling team. She married Wm. L. (Dub) Izzard, the love of her life, on June 17, 1946. They celebrated 61 years of marriage, living all their married life in San Angelo, Tx. Their love affair began when they were both employed at the old San Angelo National Bank. Early in her marriage, June worked along side Dub in the concession stand at Guinn Field, the original home of the San Angelo Colts baseball team, eventually saving enough to build a home and raise a family. June was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church. She also enjoyed worshiping with her daughter at Glen Meadows Baptist Church and attending the Joy class. Her various employments included the Special Education department in San Angelo Independent School District and later General Telephone and Telegraph. Our Sweetie was a beautiful woman who lived a long and meaningful life centered around her faith and her family. She was fun, vivacious and had a wonderful sense of humor, making friends wherever she went. She spent her life involved in scouting, PTA, Bobcat Boosters, teaching Sunday school classes, and supporting her children in all their many church, school and extra-curricular activities. In later years, her greatest pleasure was staying involved in her grandchildren’s lives. She enjoyed learning and encouraged her children and grandchildren to be avid participants in furthering their educations beyond high school graduation. She took great pleasure in loving her children’s spouses as her own. June was preceded in death by her parents, Vernie Lee and June Morse; one brother, Dawson Morse; her sister, Ruby Geraldine Leakey; her husband, Wm. L. (Dub) Izzard,; and one granddaughter, Anne Bahlman Gouak. She is survived by one brother, V.L. Morse and wife Evelyn of South Carolina; one son, Dr. Rudy Izzard and wife Janice of San Antonio, Tx.; and three daughters, Kande Bahlman and husband Danny of San Angelo, Tx.; Jeffri Long of San Angelo, Tx,;and Jill Sheppard and husband Ben of Austin, Tx. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Dr. Stephanie Bahlman of San Angelo, Tx.; Blake Bahlman and wife Jennifer of Spring, Tx.; Allyn Izzard and John Evan Izzard, each of Austin, Tx.; Colton Long and wife Hillary of Amarillo, Tx.; Clayton Long of Colorado City, Tx.; Mitchell, Tessa and Ryan Sheppard of Austin, Tx.; one great-granddaughter, Aubrey Anne Bahlman of Spring, Tx..;and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Friday, September 2, 2016 at Harper Funeral Home, 2606 Southland Blvd., San Angelo, Tx. Graveside Service will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, September 3, 2016 at Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tx with Darrell T. Smith officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons Colton Long, Clayton Long, Blake Bahlman, John Evan Izzard, Mitchell Sheppard, and Ryan Sheppard. The family would like to give special thanks for the tender and attentive care provided by the Critical Care staff of Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo, Tx., Interim Healthcare/Hospice of San Angelo, Tx., and Senior Care San Angelo. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be given to the Dub and June Izzard Scholarship Fund through the San Angelo Area Foundation or the American Heart Association. Family and friends may share condolences and sign the online register book at harper-funeralhome.com.