June L. Trask Sacatos-Bronen, 91, died peacefully March 14 at her daughter’s home. June was born June 10, 1926, on a farm in Belgrade, Maine, to Lillian Frost and Herbert Trask.

She was predeceased by her son Gregory; her three sisters, Joanne, Mildred, and Arlene; her first husband Gerasimos (Jerry); her second husband Murray; and other beloved relatives and friends.

Left to mourn is her daughter Melody (Essex); her son Peter (Branford); stepchildren Cindi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and Rick (Woodbridge); grandchildren; great-granddaughter; and nieces and nephews.

She was an excellent scholar and was one of the few students allowed to graduate high school without delay after the one room schoolhouse burned down mid-term.

While first married this somewhat shy and proper WASP was swept into a large and boisterous Greek clan of Cephalonian Greeks and probably with very little choice converted to Greek Orthodoxy and became fluent in its traditions and language. With Murray she traveled the world and saw many wonders. She was delighted with her grandchildren and gave and received much joy from them.

She was quiet and reserved to most but showed her devotion and love for family and friends by helping them and fixing and creating for them. She had an artist’s eye and skilled hands and created much beauty from seemingly worthless objects.

Before she experienced a progressive dementia, she loved to read and follow current events. She was a volunteer for Literacy and a devout member of her Church. She was kind and fair and strove to believe and live in beauty and goodness. She went back to school in her fifties and received her college degree with honors while working full time. She was always busy and worked very hard all her life.

Visitation and Services were at St. Alexis Church, Clinton, with interment at Riverside Cemetery, Old Saybrook. There was a luncheon afterwards at her daughter’s home. For an online obituary, visit www.swanfuneralhomeoldsaybrook.com.