June McGraw

June Ellen Sharrock McGraw passed peacefully in her home on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the age of 96, after an 8-year-long struggle with dementia.  She grew up in Patton, MO, married Tobe McGraw in 1947, raised her children in Pekin, IL, then served as church secretary of Pekin Bible Church before coming to the Chicago suburbs where she worked for The Evangelical Alliance Mission and was an instrumental member of Harrison Street Bible Church for many years. She was loving, silly, and resilient and loved as "Grandma June" or "Mama June" by those who knew her.  She is preceded in death by her husband Homer Loy "Tobe" McGraw, her parents Noah "Noak" and Lona Jane (nee Fulton) Sharrock, three of her brothers: Noah Harold "Bud" Sharrock, Dewel Sharrock, and Sammie Sharrock, and her son-in-law Tim Phillips. She is survived by her two daughters Sheila (Tim) Phillips and Bonnie McGraw, her brother Don Sharrock, seven grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. 

Visitation on Monday March 9, 2026 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. with 6:00 p.m. Service, at Heritage Funeral Home & Cremation, 3117 S. Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn, IL.  

Services will also be held in Missouri, on Wednesday March 11, viewing at Patton Methodist Church from 1:30 - 2:00, with service at 2:00. Following the service, she will be laid to rest alongside her husband Tobe at Patton Community Cemetery.  

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