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Beloved mother, wife and friend June Eynon died after her bus crashed into a train near Bunnythorpe on Wednesday.
While driving the wheel, he loved to sing the good old days on Magic radio, regardless of whether he knew the lyrics or not.
She brought a smile to the faces of the students and travelers who traveled with her, revealing a warmth and kindness that her widower knew all too well and clings to.
June Eynon, 63, was killed when the bus she was driving struck the back of a moving train at a junction near Bunnythorpe, 12 kilometers north of Palmerston North, on Wednesday of last week. Forty passengers were on board, many of them Feilding High School students, and all avoided serious injury.
The collision seems inexplicable. Lights flickered and bells rang at the intersection of Railway Rd and Clevely Line. Eynon was an experienced driver, having driven the route between Palmerston North and Feilding for four years.
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A bus collided with a train near Palmerston North. The bus driver has died, while 40 passengers on board have escaped.
However, it happened, Henare Eynon believed that his wife would have done everything possible to protect her passengers.
She loved the kids at school and treated them like her own, and they loved her in return.
The sun strike was the only explanation for the accident that he or June’s sister Ronda Gibson were able to settle in, but their thoughts were better served by remembering her smile or the way she could cheer people up.
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Henare and June Eynon were together for 34 years.
Henare and June’s was a relationship based on fun and trust. They played and won basket tournaments, a card game, and he would help her choose her next hair dye color.
The compliments on June’s purple hair would warrant a correction from Henare. It was dark amethyst, not violet.
The couple courted for 17 years before Henare asked her to marry him in 2003.
He remembers June flying up to him, asking if he was going to change his mind. No way. They were soul mates, he said.
They built their lives around each other, moved to Feilding, joined the Salvation Army, and worked caring for the elderly.
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Flowers placed at the junction of Railway Rd and Clevely Line, where the fatal collision occurred.
They both decided to get truck driver’s licenses, but during a driving lesson June’s instructor commented on her social skills and encouraged her to use them well behind the wheel of a bus.
The instructor could “feel it in her,” Henare said, her cheerful demeanor and warmth towards others had shone through.
As a young woman, June grew up in Whanganui before moving to Marton. She was married with two children when she met Henare.
Henare had two children of his own and they worked to create a home for their mixed family.
They did not have children together, but June acted as a mother figure to anyone in need, including passengers, Henare said.
“She used to brag about it, saying ‘we can’t have kids together, but we can have a good time trying.’
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Always with the light in the room, June Eynon lived a happy life with her husband Henare.
His pet dog Dooke and his cat Gloves are now moving around his house in search of his mother.
Gloves sniffs June’s coffin for comfort. June was the only one who held it tight, Henare said.
Her whānau welcomed anyone who knew her to attend her funeral at the Feilding Salvation Army at 1:30 PM on Wednesday.
The serious accident unit of the police, Uzabus and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission are investigating the cause of the accident.
