June Keighton Furlow passed away at her home in Everett, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, just days before her upcoming 91st birthday, on January 11.
The daughter of the late Walter Barker Keighton Jr. and Eleanor Mary Paxson Keighton. She grew up in Swarthmore, PA with her four brothers: Charles, Robert, James and Leslie all of whom have preceded her in death.
Educated in the Swarthmore public schools, George School in Bucks County and Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, from which she earned a commercial degree in Textile Design.
June used her talent and schooling in her work career as a Textile Designer employed by several major companies in that industry and finally as a floor covering stylist for the then world's largest manufacture of floor coverings. She kept her interest in arts and crafts as a watercolorist of wildflowers, spinning and weaving and was a juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsman.
She left the business shortly after her marriage to Jerome E. Furlow, now of Everett with whom she celebrated her 66th wedding anniversary this past October.
From business career to wife to homemaker then mother of three children: Angela, Michael and Jon all of Lancaster. She is survived also by numerous nieces and nephews.
In later years she became a quilter, designing and crafting artistic wall hangings. She also became proficient as a musician of several string instruments using her youthful Classical Violin training as a basis.
In observance with her Quaker Heritage, a private remembrance will be held at a future date.
In lieu of flowers, it is suggested that any donor make a contribution to the charity of their choosing. Online condolences may be expressed at http://www.geiselfuneral.com/. Arrangements entrusted to Geisel-Styer Funeral Homes, Bedford, Pennsylvania.