JUNE LASTER PIPER, age 82, a resident of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Charleston, died early Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born June 29, 1928 in Kentucky Bend, Kentucky to the late Ira Dalton and Alma Grooms Laster Sr. She lived in Mississippi County before moving to Cape Girardeau in 1965. She worked several years as a private duty nurse and was later employed with the Cape Girardeau Public School District at the Schultz Middle School cafeteria. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Charleston, and had more recently attended the Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau.

On February 28, 1948 she married Richard Piper who preceded her in death on November 14, 1971.

Surviving are one daughter and son in law, Leta and Phil Wagoner of Cape Girardeau; two granddaughters and one grandson in law, Laura Beth and Lance McClard of Cape Girardeau,and Leslie Ann Wagoner of St. Louis; two great grandchildren, Ainsley Rose McClard and Finn Graham McClard both of Cape Girardeau; and her extended family, Graham and Evonne Wagoner, of Cape Girardeau.

One brother, Dalton Laster, preceded her in death on November 16, 1989.

Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 8, 2010, at the IOOF Cemetery, north of Charleston, under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home. Rev. Dan Faust, pastor of the Charleston United Methodist Church, will officiate.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be given to St. Jude Children Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 3810