June Margaret Dahn's Obituary
June Margaret Dahn (nee Corns) 88 passed away September 4, 2011. Loving wife of the late William. Sister of Jack Corns (Marilyn) and the late Robert L. Corns (Helen). Daughter of the late John and Margaret Corns. Loving Aunt to many. VISITATION THURSDAY 10-11AM at JARDINE FUNERAL HOME, 15822 PEARL RD, STRONGSVILLE. Memorial Service to follow at 11AM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Western Reserve Dalmation Club, c/o Nancy Abbott, 4036 Grafton Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212. www.jardinefh.com
June Margaret Corns Dahn was born on June 29, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the daughter of John and Margaret Lewis Corns and the sister of Jack Corns and the late Robert L. June was quite the character with a great sense of humor. As any child of the depression is aware, frugality was a necessity of survival. As an example of this, she told her niece that she insisted that when she dies, she wanted her funeral during the week because she knew that having it on the weekend would be more expensive!
June graduated from Shaw High School in January, 1942 and shortly thereafter was employed at the Cleveland Coca-Cola bottling company as secretary to the Personnel Director, a position she held for 14 years. Then, in August of 1956, she began working in the same capacity at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Thinking she was doomed to be a spinster, she was pleasantly surprised when a dashing World War II vet named William Dahn came into her life. They were married on September 2, 1961.
June and Bill joined the newly-formed Western Reserve Dalmatian Club, or WRDC, in 1966. This was shortly after they acquired their first Dalmatian from Bud & Betty Doyle. June & Bill were living on Shawnee Trail in Middleburg Heights and decided on Shawnee as their kennel name.
Over the years, June was very active in the WRDC serving in every capacity from President, Secretary, Match Chair and Show Chair to the Newsletter Editor. June continued up until a few years ago to be actively involved in club activities and served as the Breeder Referral and Newsletter Co-Editor. June was also a member of the Dalmatian Club of America and was one of the founding members of the Owner Handlers Association of America - Buckeye North Chapter. Breeding under the Shawnee Kennel name, June and Bill had bred 6+ litters. June finished 5 Champions and put two Companion Dog titles on her dogs. Shawnee Dalmatians can be found in many of the pedigrees of dogs owned by current WRDC members.
And, although they had no children together, Bill and June raised these 8 Notable Shawnee Dalmatians:
"Jubi" (Jew - Be), "Maggie" , "Jamie" , "Chiquita" (Cha keet ah), "Muffy" , "Cappy",
"Dolly" , and finally "Cody".
When June & Bill bred Maggie to Champion Lord Jim, they decided to keep two puppies, Jamie and Chiquita. Between the two litter mates, Jamie became the top winner and finished his AKC championship at eight months of age at the Chicagoland Dalmatian Club Specialty. Later as a special, Jamie won two specialty shows two times each. In 1974 and 1975, Jamie won Best of Breed at the Dalmatian Club of Detroit specialties, and also those same years went Best of Breed at the Chicagoland Dalmatian Club Specialties.
In 1975, June and Bill decided to travel to Westminster with Jamie. June still refers to this as one of her most memorable wins with Jamie being owner-handled to Best of Breed at Westminster. Jamie was always owner-handled by June!
Another top winner bred by Shawnee was Cappy. In 1985, Cappy (handled by June) won Best in Sweepstakes at the WRDC Specialty and in 1986 went Best of Breed at WRDC. He also went Best of Breed at the Dalmatian Club of Southern New England Specialty that same year.
June's 15 seconds of fame came on the Morning Exchange when she was handling Dolly. Fred Griffith accidentally called her June Doll. I guess, in her own way, she WAS a doll!
June always said that she has many fond memories of the WRDC. Her fondest memories are of the wonderful friends she and her late husband met through the club.
June not only loved her dogs, but her family as well. She had great memories of her brothers, parents, cousins, nieces and nephews. She may have been known as a bit stubborn, but throughout her illness, the many visits, calls and cards from her family and friends helped her to get through the rough times.
There's a plaque hanging in June's office that says, "Love Me, Love My Dog!" And maybe that phrase helps to sum up her life. The other phrase that comes to mind, and I'm sure that most of you out there will agree, is "It's my way, or the highway!"
Junebug, you will be missed and we love you!
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