Muriel June Haglund, 98, of Marshfield and Madison, died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at Oak Park Place East in Madison, Wis. She treasured friends, shopping, bridge, and traveling. In her final years, she loved playing bingo, playing our dice game, and watching the world go by with her M&Ms and orange juice. Her spirit, sense of humor, and warm embrace shall live on in the hearts of her family and friends.
Muriel was born June 2, 1924. Since she was a June birthday, she went by her middle name, June. She always said that using June for her name was a way to make sure everyone remembered her birthday.
June was born in Duluth, Minn. June lived with her father, Carl Dahlberg, her adopted mother, Hilda Dahlberg, and her brother, Woody. She lived all her childhood years in the white house on top of the hill at 10th Avenue and 10th Street. Her father’s dry-cleaning business was straight down the hill. June would tell stories of letting her ball roll down the hill and her father going outside to catch it.
June attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter Minnesota. There she fell in love with Myron Konnon Haglund, her future husband. The war interrupted their romance. When “Mynie” returned from the war, June played “hard to get” until they graduated. Then, they married on Nov. 2, 1946, in Duluth.
June and Mynie spent their first married years in Minneapolis, Minn. Here, June worked as a social worker until the birth of their daughter, Jill. Then they moved to Richfield, Minn., where they lived for 12 years. June enjoyed being a “stay-at-home mother” and made many friends during their morning neighbor coffee times. Then Mynie’s job at Land O’Lakes Creamery transferred him to Wisconsin and Marshfield became home. After a few years in Marshfield, June thought it was time to go back to work. She became a social worker for Wood County where she worked from 1968-1986. Mynie and June had wonderful retirement years enjoying travel to many places including Spain, Portugal, China, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Panama Canal, Alaska, England, and several trips to Sweden. Two years after Mynie’s death, June moved to Madison to be closer to Jill. She lived there at Oak Park Place for six years in Assisted Living and five years in Memory Care.
June inherited a love of antiques and jewelry from her mother. Besides her mother’s wonderful collection of paintings and glassware, June expanded her collection with blue glass items, LLadro figurines, Swedish glassware, and egg cups. She inherited a love of flowers and gardening from Mynie. She was happy to pass this on to Jill who brought her in flowers every week during her last years at Oak Park Place. June loved shopping. As she traveled with Mynie, she built a complete outfit by shopping sales in different stores and in different states. She loved buying outfits and bathing suits for her granddaughter. Let’s not forget the many purses she purchased or how many times they almost got lost when she left them somewhere. It was her luck to always have these purses returned.
June was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Myron was the center of her world. She loved her daughter. “June and Jill” she used to say, “We are a mutual admiration society.” She was thrilled when she finally became a grandmother. Granddaughter Kari, was the “apple of her eye.” Her memory was fading as the great-grandsons came but she was always happy to see those “cute little boys” and hear us say they were her great-grandsons.
June wanted to be remembered as “nice.” Her many friends would agree that term fit her well. Over the years, she maintained life-long friendships with her college friends, her Richfield friends, and then her Marshfield friends. June was a faithful member of Faith Lutheran Church in Marshfield and enjoyed her time with the Women’s Circle and the quilting activities. June’s social life included participation in Marshfield’s philanthropic organizations: P.E.O. and Altrusa International Club.
The family would like to thank the many people who have touched June’s life in her final years. Thanks to those friends that have been by June, Jill, and Kari’s side during these last years. Special thanks to Sue Albert for knitting countless fingerless gloves to keep June’s hands warm and Jan Fink and Linda Feldt for sending cards for every holiday. The family deeply appreciates the care provided by the many staff at Oak Park Place. June was always happy and well cared for there. Finally, thanks to the Agrace staff for making June’s last years comfortable, enriched, and happy.
June is survived by her family in Madison which includes her loving daughter, Jill (Ernest Hailey) Haglund; granddaughter, Kari; and three great-grandsons, Trey, Kyrie, and Bryson. June was pleased to take on Mynie’s eight nieces and nephews and his six Swedish half-sisters and their children. June is also survived by her father’s relative, Arne Anderson; and others still in Sweden whom she did not know.
June was preceded in death by her birthmother, Marie Holsbo; her father, Carl Dahlberg; her adopted mother, Hilda Nelson; her favorite aunt, Ida Nelson; her older brother, Woody; and two infant children who died at birth.
A memorial service is planned to be held at FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, 207 S. Cherry Ave., Marshfield, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, with the Rev. Heather Brown presiding. The family will greet guests from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: The Highground Veterans Memorial Park, Neillsville, Wis., where the family had previously placed a memorial stone for Myron and initiated the fundraiser for the Waiting Women’s Memorial bench; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where June and Myron have supported for many years or The Ronald McDonald House in Marshfield, where June participated in several volunteer efforts.
Author: News Desk
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