June Land

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- June Annetta Jones Land, 81, died Sept. 23, 2017, at her home in Charleston.

Born June 13, 1936, in Charleston, to the late Robert C. and Minnie G. Monroe Jones, she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston and a graduate of Charleston High School. She worked for the Department of Agriculture with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C, and later was employed with the Department of Navy before being inducted into the CIA. Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, she requested discharge from service and found employment in St. Louis as a secretary for an attorney until accepting a position as personal assistant with Olin Industries. After working several years at Olin, she then worked in a stockbroker's office. She also worked with the State of Missouri in the Department of Youth Services where she remained until retirement. She became bookkeeper for her husband's company, C. Leon Land Floor Company, in Ferguson and continued in that position following their return to Charleston in 2002.

On December 31, 1968 she married C. Leon Land who survives of the home.

Also surviving is one daughter and son-in-law, Noel and Michael Roeder of St. Louis; one sister, Hazel Williams of Charleston; and two grandchildren, Nathan Roeder and Allison Roeder of St. Louis.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Robert Presnell Jones.

McMikle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.

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Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Henry Catholic Church, 304 Court St., Charleston, MO 63834.