June Patricia Wetherell Frame was born in Bellingham, Whatcom County and graduated from Fairhaven High School. She lived in Seattle, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York City, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Key West, Florida, and Waxahachie, Texas. She died there at 101 years of age!
June married Daniel Platt Frame in December 1933 and raised two sons, David and Michael. In 1983 she lost her husband, Daniel and son, Michael. In 2000 she lost her grandson, Dana. She is survived by her son, David and wife, Cheryl; daughter-in-law, Molly Frame; four grandchildren: Elle Abshier, Arlyn Kantz, Bruce Frame, Andy Weaver; and 13 great-grandchildren. Her parents are William T. Wetherell (1880 - 1970) and Nelle Virginia Appleby Wetherell (1886 - 1967).
June graduated from the University Of Washington. She was an author, who published 31 novels between 1941 and 2007: listed in the sixth edition of "Who's Who Of American Women". Her novels "Statira" and "The Glorious Three" are set in the Bellingham area. The latter is a story in the mid-nineteen century, when the boundary dispute know as the 'Pig War' threatened the San Juan Islands.