Bend

June 9, 1927 — Oct. 21, 2014

Alice June Elizabeth (Seeborg Taylor) Christensen, 87, passed peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 21, 2014, in Bend, Ore., surrounded in her last hours by all of her children. She was born in Astoria, Ore., on June 9, 1927, to William V. and Alice (Aspfors) Seeborg. Her younger brother, Donald Seeborg, and sister, Joyce Eidell, survive her.

Because her mother died due to complications during childbirth, she was raised as a “sister” with the children of her grandparents, Victor and Fannie Seeborg, in the “Big House” in Astoria. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents and all of those aunts and uncles with whom she was raised as a sister, except Judith Walker, who also survives her.

June graduated from Astoria High School and became a beautician. She married Marvin R. Taylor, and they had six children. The family lived in Astoria, Roseburg and Yakima, Wash. After a divorce, June and her girls moved to Eugene, Ore., where her older children were already attending the University of Oregon.

In Eugene, she worked at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, and later at Eugene Water and Electric Board, from which she retired. She traveled the world during those years, and provided a home base in Eugene to which her children and their families returned often.

While in Eugene, she met and married Christian (Chris) Christensen, with whom she enjoyed many happy years of marriage before his death. June later moved to Bend to be near her daughters, Barbara and Lynn, and lived there happily until her death. According to her wishes, she will rest in Eugene at the Rest Haven cemetery with Chris.

June was known and remembered by everyone she met for her kindness and grace under any conditions, regardless of what came her way. A more loving mother has not existed.

She is survived by all of her 6 children and 10 grandchildren, Rob (Bonnie, Alex, Jon) Taylor, Loren (Roberta, Michelle, Selina) Taylor, Barbara (Amanda) Taylor, Lynn (Louie, Karlee, Marlowe) Hoffman, Susan (Bill, Dustin, Riley) Combs, and Jodi (Bill, Otis) Taylor-Hepp, and numerous spouses, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews.

The immediate family has celebrated her life and all that they learned from her in a private gathering. June taught by example. Her children are proud to try to carry on her legacy — a rather high bar.