Memorial Service February 4 for June Bjorklund

NORTHBROOK, IL (January 24, 2012) – A memorial service for June (Tournell) Bjorklund will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, at Northbrook Covenant Church.

Bjorklund, 90, was the widow of Clifford Bjorklund, whose ministry included serving as Secretary of the Evangelical Covenant Church. She died January 12.

Bjorklund was born April 26, 1921. She and her husband were married in 1945.

Memorials can be made to Covenant Enabling Residences of Illinois (Bjorklund House) or Covenant World Relief.

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