Vi June

Viola "Vi" June (July 20, 1932 - August 15, 2020) was a city councilor, mayor, state representative, and newspaper columnist in Colorado. She won a seat on the Westminster, Colorado city council in 1965.^[1] In 1975, she was elected mayor and became the first woman to hold the office, and served until 1981.^[1] She later ran for Colorado House, and served eight years from 1991 to 1998.^[2] She was a Democrat and served as the minority whip in 1994.^[1]

Viola Helen Beste was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.^[3][4] She studied at St. Cloud State University for one year before moving to Denver for a job at Gates Rubber.^[2] She began a career in journalism in 1963, and continued writing a column for the local papers until 2016.^[1] She was married for 60 years and had six children.^[3] She died on August 15, 2020(2020-08-15) (aged 88).^[1]