June Murphy Hawkins
June Murphy Hawkins
June Murphy Hawkins, born June 19, 1919, passed away on February 4,
2010. She lived a rich long life and celebrated her 90th birthday last June with
her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
June was born in Los Angeles and attended Marlborough High School. She
received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University where
she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma social sorority. Throughout her high
school and college careers she loved sports and excelled in tennis. She was head
of the tennis team and played the summer tennis circuit while still at Stanford
University. She also remembered her summers growing up on Balboa Island and
being a member of the Balboa Island Yacht Club excelling in swimming, rowing,
and sailing. Many of her recent trips involved sailing.
She married George William (Bill) Hawkins of Santa Ana on September 25,
1942. She taught at Hamlin School in San Francisco until Bill 4nished medical
school and joined the Navy. Following World War II she and Bill settled in Santa
Ana and then Orange where she raised her four children. She was 4-H leader for
the West Orange 4-H club and then leader and organizer for the Orange Acres
Backbreakers 4-H.
June was also in:uential in the development of Orange Uni4ed School
District and served on the School Board between 1961 and 1969 during much of
the heavy growth in Orange. She also volunteered at St. Joseph Hospital and the
Homework House in Orange.
June’s children and grandchildren remember the strong dedication she had to
her family, the fun parties at her home, and the days they spent at the beach with
her. She loved nothing more than to have her immediate family gathered around
her.
She is preceded in death by her father, William Keenan Murphy, her mother
Vivian Lucille Lamoreux Murphy, her 4ve siblings, and her husband George
William Hawkins. She is survived by her four children, Margaret Hawkins Hill
of Houston, Kathryn Hawkins Creagan of Anaheim, John Murphy Hawkins
of Newport Beach and James Mazet Hawkins of Newport Beach; her seven
grandchildren, Elizabeth Hawkins Miller, Brooke Hawkins Gillman, David
William Hill, Bonnie Hill-Dowdy, Sarah Hawkins Daniel, Kathryn Hawkins
Canton, and Megan Hawkins; and her four great–grandchildren, Cory Hawkins
Hill, Kai David Hill, Caroline Lucille Daniel, and Camille Jane Canton.
Memorial services will be held at Harborside Restaurant, 400 Main St.,
Newport Beach, CA 92661 (949-673-4633) on February 14, 2010 at 2 p.m.
In lieu of :owers donations are requested to be sent to the St. Joseph Hospital
Foundation, 1100 W. Stewart Dr. Orange, CA 92868, [email protected].
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