June Smith Schirmer

June Smith Schirmer, 86, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, widow of Sonny (Hagg) Schirmer, Jr., passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Her Funeral Service will be held Saturday, April 4, 2015 in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, 1494 Mathis Ferry Road at 1:00 pm. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday in the Mount Pleasant Chapel from 12:00 pm until time of the service.

June was born August 15, 1928 in Shiloh, South Carolina, daughter of the late Samuel J. Smith and the late Coria McElveen Smith. She graduated from Memminger High School and the Baptist College of Charleston and was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. June loved to spend time with her family and friends, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was an accomplished seamstress, lowcountry cook and beloved homemaker. June loved playing games, old movies, the theater, and acted in plays at the Footlight Players where she was the secretary for about 30 years. June had many close friends, but the trio known as "Snap" (Myrtle Campsen), "Crackle" (June), and "Pop" (Phyllis Shaffer) enjoyed putting on successful fund-raising events for charitable purposes such as the Mt. Pleasant and Isle of Palms Exchange Clubs, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, the Miss Teenage Charleston Pageant, Mt. Pleasant Recreation Department and the Old Moultrie School PTA.

She is survived by her son, Sam Schirmer and his wife, Gina, of Sullivans Island, SC; two daughters, Gloria S. Burbage and her husband, Ronald, of Awendaw, SC, and Leize Schirmer of McClellanville, SC; seven grandchildren, Sass Schirmer, Grayson Schirmer, Hawkins Schirmer, Hannah Maucere and her husband, Chris, Bubba West and his wife, Lorraine, Frank Cisa and his wife, Paige, and Ronnie Burbage; and two great grandchildren, Rocky Walker and Cayla Wicker.

The family would like to thank the caregivers, Anna Rice, Shawanna Watson, Tiffany Pringle, Shaquana Pringle and Jahquana Mitchell for their tender loving care during the final chapter of her life.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, SC or Piedmont Hospice, 501-A Deanna Lane, Wando, SC 29492.