LaJune F. “June” Thisted Barth, of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., passed away peacefully on July 15, 2014, with her family by her side. June was born April 15, 1920, on the Paulson family farm west of Alden, Minn. She was the daughter of Aaron and Nettie Paulson Thisted. June graduated from Alden High School and St. Olaf College. She was a member of the St. Olaf College Chapel Choir. She married Fred Ingebrigtsen Barth on June 20, 1943, and they settled in Rahway, N.J., for over 50 years. She was a homemaker for many years, and then was employed as the secretary to the principal of Rahway Junior High School in Rahway for 25 years. She retired in 1981.

June was a member of Mount Zion Chapter No. 116 Order of the Eastern Star, Metuchen, N.J., and Sons of Norway, Gulfstream Lodge in Jensen Beach, Fla. She moved to Port St. Lucie in 2009.

June was a gentle, kind, compassionate and caring person, almost saintly as her church friends would say. Her love of God, warmth, strength, and her unconditional loyalty to family are the characteristics that define her best.

Survivors include daughters, Karen Keat and husband Harry, and Ingrid Hammen and husband Frank; a son, Frederick I. Barth and wife April; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; six nephews; one niece; brothers, Dale Thisted and wife Barbara, and Paul Thisted ’62. She was predeceased by husband, Fred I. Barth, in 1999. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Treasure Coast Hospices, Fort Pierce, Fla.