Verity June (Falgout) Gladden went to join her parents in the loving arms of Jesus on the morning of July 24, 2021 after a valiant, 25-year battle with kidney disease.

She was born on May 29, 1957 as one of the first 10 babies born at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka to Marshall and Agnes Falgout. She grew up in Loleta as the youngest of five children. She spent a lot of time in her dad’s barbershop and was a member of Loleta Community Church. She attended Loleta Grammar School and graduated from Fortuna High School in 1975, where she made many lifelong friends.

June lived the majority of her life here in Humboldt County with a brief time in Okinawa, Japan, with her first husband, where she gave birth to her first child, Jennifer. In 1984 she married Alfred Gladden, and proceeded to have two more children, Jared and Andrea. She was a Jill of all trades and held a variety of jobs that included babysitting, selling ice cream at Candy Sam’s at the Humboldt County Fair, worked in the dietary department at Redwood Memorial Hospital, waitressing at Denny’s, working at Kmart and Walgreens and well as working as a poll worker for the elections board. Her favorite job of all was being a mom and grandmother.

Despite many hardships in her life, June always had a positive outlook. She always met obstacles head on and never let them define her. She lived her life to the fullest and enjoyed every day. June absolutely loved horses since she was a child and owned several in her life, and also had a large collection of glass horses. She also bowled in a league at Empire Lanes in Fortuna with her mom and several of her friends. She was very proud of her high score of 210. June loved to be surrounded by people and truly enjoyed game days with family, outings with friends and family, and Friday brunches. She was a lifelong SF Giants fan and enjoyed taking weekend trips as often as possible. There was rarely a day that you wouldn’t see a smile on her face.

June is preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Agnes Falgout, as well as numerous aunts and uncles. She is survived by her siblings, Marshall and Mona Falgout, Victor and Lynne Falgout, Ray and Lezle Falgout, and Velma and Steve Town; her children Jennifer and Brad Pitek, Jared Gladden, and Andrea and David Wrisley; her grandchildren Dayna and Jason Newland, Natalie Kendall, and Destiny and Faith Wrisley. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her including Al Gladden, her “second mom” Beverly Stafford, numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins, and her closest friends Leslie Burchfield, Janelle Littlefield Voigt, and Denise Davi. Also the Gladden family, and her Denny’s, Kmart, and Walgreens “family”. We want to give special thanks to her wonderful dialysis family for the fantastic care and friendship that June received. There are too many friends and family to list, so if you are reading this and thinking fondly of June, please include yourself in this list.

A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 2 p.m. at the Loleta Community Church located at 218 Church St., Loleta. All are welcome. For those wishing to, in lieu of flowers, please donate to the National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org.