June M. Braisted Scholarship

June M. Lerstad Braisted was born May 5, 1918 in Virginia, Minnesota. She attended school in Virginia through 2 years of junior college, then transferring to Winona State Teachers college now Winona State University where she received her teaching degree. She taught in Michigan and later in her home town of Virginia, Minnesota, for a total of 14 years before marrying her husband, Lloyd Braisted. In those days married women would not usually teach school.

She raised 2 sons to adulthood in Hope, North Dakota. She returned to teaching in Pillsbury, North Dakota, for part of one year. She quit due to health reasons. She moved to Valley City, North Dakota, after her husband passed away.

While in Valley City she was involved in church and Senior Center and did travel to 49 of the 50 states, missing Louisiana. She also visited the countries of Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. She moved to Jamestown in 1999 to be closer to one of her sons and grandsons.

June passed away on June 17, 2017.

Scholarship contact is James (son of June).