June Marie Liefer, 91

DOVER - June Marie Liefer, of Dover, died peacefully at home on Monday, April 7, 2008. She was 91.

Mrs. Liefer was born Sept. 1, 1916, in Muskegon Heights, Mich., to the late Walter Philip Brockschmidt and Gladys Cool Brockschmidt.

Mrs. Liefer worked many years as a secretary in Niles, Mich., Smyrna and Orlando, Fla.

She enjoyed reading, watching TV, square dancing, playing cards, sewing, cooking and baking.

Mrs. Liefer was a Girl Scout leader and a member of the RSVP and Modern Maturity Center.

Mrs. Liefer was preceded in death by her parents and by her sister, Marie June Brockschmidt.

She is survived by her devoted husband of 73 years, Lester LaVerne Liefer of Dover; a daughter, Betty Jean Stevens and her husband Ronald H. of Dover; four granddaughters, Lynn Eichler and her husband Paul of Dover, Kimberly Riggs and her husband Kent of Newark, Shelley Stevens and her partner Joanne Locke of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Jill Olshenske and her husband Al of Dover; and seven great-grandchildren, Steven, William and John Eichler, Jenna and Caitlin Riggs, and Abby and Logan Olshenske.

Memorial services will be 1 p.m. April 26 in Luther Towers Building I, 430 Kings Highway, Dover.

Private burial will be in Orlando.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Delaware Hospice, 911 S. DuPont Highway, Dover DE 19901; or Luther Towers Memorial Fund, 430 Kings Highway, Dover DE 19901.

Arrangements by Torbert Funeral Chapel, Dover.

Letters of condolences may be sent, and guestbook signed, at www.torbertfuneral.com.