{"id":21963,"date":"2025-10-30T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=21963"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:43:08","slug":"june-bland-70-of-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/21963-june-bland-70-of-toledo\/","title":{"rendered":"June Bland (70) of Toledo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>June Bland, 70, of Toledo, IL passed away at 1:05 am on October 29, 2025, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial graveside services will be at a later date at Jewett Cemetery. The Barkley Funeral Chapel in Toledo is assisting the family.<\/p>\n<p>June was born on June 19, 1955, in Effingham, IL to Joseph and Helen (Brown) Cox. She married Don Bland on June 18, 1983. He preceded her in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include her many nieces and nephews; grandchildren Dylan Cox (Kendra Decker) and Sierra Cox; great grandchildren Serenity, Neako, Kasydee, Brelynnd, Abby, Ayden and Aleah.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, son Jon Travis Cox, sisters Olive Gray, Barb Lueken, Joanne Miller, Pat Gentry, Rita Kay Cox and Rose Russell; brothers Albert, Larry, Billy Joe and Stanley Cox.<\/p>\n<p>June was a homemaker. She worked at Charles Industries in Casey for 15 plus years. She was an in-home health care provider, a manager at Petro truck stops in Effingham and Tennessee and for a time she was a bartender. June loved gardening, going antiquing, playing cards and traveling.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials can be made to Jim Beam\u2019s Corner Cattery: 18086 N. US Highway 45, Effingham, IL 62401. Online condolences can be expressed at www.barkleyfuneralchapels.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June Bland, 70, of Toledo, IL passed away at 1:05 am on October 29, 2025, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. 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