20/09/2026
🕊️ IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR JUNE - JUNE ISHTAR JAKO 🕊️
It is with profound sadness and the heaviest of hearts that the Assyrian Aid Society-Australia mourns the passing of our beloved June Ishtar Jako.
Our June. Our matriarch. Our mentor. Our friend. Our Assyrian lioness.
June joined the Assyrian Aid Society-Australia in 2008 and went on to serve as President for 11 remarkable years. She gave so much of herself to our Society and to the Assyrian people she loved so deeply.
June had an extraordinary gift for bringing people together. Her warmth, generosity and strength touched so many, and her love for her Assyrian heritage inspired all who had the privilege of knowing her. She served our people with passion and dignity, always reminding us of the importance of community, unity and umtanayuta.
To us, June was so much more than a President. She was, and will forever remain, the mother of the Assyrian Aid Society-Australia.
We are forever grateful that we recently had the privilege of naming June the first recipient of the Assyrian Aid Society-Australia Lifetime Achievement Award, and of telling her, while she was still with us, just how much she meant to us.
June leaves behind an extraordinary legacy; within AAS-AU, in our community, and in the hearts of the countless people whose lives she touched.
To June's beautiful family, we extend our deepest love and condolences, and thank you for sharing your precious June with us for so many years.
Rest now Gabarta. You will forever be our June. Always in hearts.🕊️❤️💙🤍
