June DeSilva, a longtime resident of Oak Bluffs, died August 2 of brain cancer. She was 80.

She was a kind and friendly person with a great sense of humor, a remarkable enthusiasm for life, and tremendous courage.

June was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She was one of 11 children, raised during World War II. In search of adventure, she emigrated to the United States in 1957. She met her husband, Robert, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. in 1963. Their courtship was remarkably short: they went on a date on Friday and he proposed on Sunday. They were married 39 years until his death in 2003.

The couple lived on County Road from 1975 to 2003. June was a familiar face at the Vineyard Dry Goods, where she worked for the Levine family for many years before she returned to secretarial work at the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank and later, Sandpiper Realty in Edgartown.

June had a rich and fulfilling life on the Vineyard. She was an avid tennis player and enjoyed many writing classes. She was an active member of the United Methodist Church in the Camp Ground, and a founding member of the Scottish Society of Martha’s Vineyard. She and her husband enjoyed many evenings dancing at the PA club with their good friends Marion and Bob Mackay, Eddy and Lillian Colligan, Mary and Otis Rogers, Richard and Lorraine Mavro, Kay Manning and Joe Nunes, and her sister and brother in law, Hazel and Bill Faria.

After the death of her husband in 2003, June moved to Healdsburg, Calif., to be near her daughter. Once again she became an active member of the community, playing tennis and golf, volunteering at the local senior center, and dancing with a large group of friends at Tuesday Nights at the Plaza.

June is survived by her brothers Norman and Graham Crawford of Glasgow, Scotland; her sister Hazel Faria and brother in law William Faria of Goodyear, Ariz.; and her daughter, Shona DeSilva, her son in law Lee Bartolotta, and her granddaughter Sophia Bartolotta of Duncans Mills, Calif.