June was one of the founders of the Queensland Bookbinders Guild in 1977, and worked tirelessly for members and on the committee, of which she was Secretary for 35 years.

Those who knew June would recall her indefatigable devotion to the Guild and to bookbinding. She has presented many talks, courses and articles over the years and she last spoke at a Guild meeting in February this year. June was 99 years old.

The funeral of June McNicol OAM will be held at 11:00 on Thursday 30th October at Saint Luke’s Anglican Church, at 169 Ekibin Rd East, Ekibin. I am sure that many members would like to attend.

June's passing is a great loss to the bookbinding world and a personal loss to many of us.

Our thoughts are with her family and friends all over the bookbinding world.

 June McNicol photographs