BUCKLIN – June P. Matzen, 95, died Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Hill Top House in Bucklin.

She was born September 29, 1925 at Arlington, Kansas, the daughter of Pinckney and Leota (Lowrey) Hancock. She was a graduate of Viola High School and on November 10, 1946 she married Bill C. Matzen in Oklahoma.  They farmed near Viola until moving to Bucklin in 1960.  She was the bookkeeper for Bucklin Grain where Bill was the manager from 1960 until retiring in 1988.

After Bill retired in 1988, they bought a farm in Greenwood County, Kansas right on the Verdigris River and spent the next twenty five years fishing and working on their farm.

She was an avid collector and had a "green thumb".

Survivors include: 3 sons, Sam Matzen and wife Sheryl, Florence, Arizona, Dr. Ted Matzen, Leech Lake, Minnesota and Ken Matzen, rural Greenwood County, Kansas; her brother, Dale Hancock and wife Nadine, Wichita; 9 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bill, on February 12, 2021, a brother, Wayne Hancock, a sister, Wilma Jane Weyrauch and a grandson, Clayton Matzen.

Private family services will be held at a later date.  There will be no public viewing, cremation has taken place.

The family suggests memorials to Hill Top House in care of Minnis Mortuary, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.