June Vaughn, age 87, of Muleshoe, Texas, died Friday, January 21, 2022 in Muleshoe. She was born June 12, 1934 in Blue, Oklahoma to Robert Edward and Eula Florence (Thornton) Rush. She married John Vaughn in Durant, Oklahoma on March 28, 1952.
June loved the outdoors. To say she had a greenthumb was an understatement. She spent many hours gardening and doing yardwork. She worked in the healthcare field for many years, doing both public and private patient care. She went on to retire in 2002, and then began her passion for gardening.
She is preceded in death by the love of her life, John Vaughn; a daughter, Pamela Ann Vaughn; three sons, Johnny Ray Vaughn, Ricky Lee Vaughn and Robby Lynn Vaughn; one sister, Ada Faye Mills; and one brother Dwayne Rush.
Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Larry Vaughn and his wife, Hope of Muleshoe, Texas; daughters, Peggy Robinett of Muleshoe, Texas; and Kathy Strickland of Amarillo, Texas; thirteen grandchildren, David Vaughn, Terry Hutton, Larry Vaughn, Daphne Wall, Kelsey Robinett, Brooke DeBord, Jeremy Vaughn, Michael Elliott, Shawn Elliott, Matthew Strickland, Porter Vaughn, Christopher Vaughn and Susanna Vaughn; 34 great-granndchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Pat Downing of Colbert, Oklahoma and Shirley Vaughn of Bonham, Texas; and one brother, Bill Rush and his wife, Faye of Arlington, Texas.