PRIMETIME of your life FREE | VOLUME 5 • ISSUE NO. 10 | OCTOBER 2016 Interesting features for our 50+ audience
June Engblom Part of the Solution By Lucinda Sue Crosby For PrimeTime of Your Life
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f you ask anyone who knows her, a description of June Engblom would have to include the following: friendly, helpful, organized, animated, bright. Slight of build, with pixie cut strawberry blond hair and a ready smile, June is exactly the kind of neighbor we all hope for and rarely get. No wonder she has spent most of her life dealing day in and day out with an aggregate thousands of satisfied customers. But more about this later. Born in St. Louis to parents Marge and Bob, June was one of four children who all attended St. Catherine of Alexandria Grade School. Because class sizes were small, the steadfast bonds forged among fellow schoolmates were unusually strong, making a family move to Carrollton, Texas just in time for June’s high school years particularly difficult. “Dealing with a public school environment was one thing – lots of my friends did that. But I had to start from scratch in another state,” she said. One most comforting pastime proved to be golf. At age 12, June had received a Christmas gift from her scratch-golfing Uncle Bud consisting of a bag with some clubs and six half-hour lessons. A lifelong passion for the links developed via Sunday afternoon tee times with her dad and to this day, June plays
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often and carries a fourteen handicap. “It’s no accident that I live on a golf course across the street from a practice tee!” she told me. When June attended the University of Houston, she embraced an array of collegiate activities. “I recognized that in an environment like that, I had to become more outgoing,” she said, “and getting involved was a great way to make friends.” She joined and eventually became both Rush Chair and President of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She also volunteered for student orientation efforts and was even named a Sweetheart of Sigma Nu.
At this point, a journalism degree seemed like the right move. “I come from a family of sports fanatics,” June said, “and I’d been the copy editor of my high school year book. So I pictured myself the intrepid sports reporter. Unfortunately, the only woman in the field at that time was beauty pageant winner Phyllis George … and I was no Phyllis George.” After graduation, June’s outstanding college achievements landed her a recruiting job at her alma mater but the pay was dismal. Continued on page 5
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