Goldstein died in Christchurch on November 19, 2020.
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June Goldstein at her home in Cambridge Tce, Christchurch, in 1955. Jackson said Goldstein was “incredibly knowledgeable” and was a talented storyteller. She particularly loved contemporary, traditonal and modern art. “She was somebody you could sit down and have a really long conversation with and I enjoyed that about her immensely.” Goldstein was born in the small English village of Whaplode Drove in Lincolnshire in 1927. Her early years were challenging due to the Great Depression and World War II. Goldstein went to school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. She left at 14 due to the war, difficult family circumstances, and because women’s careers were of limited societal interest at the time.