{{use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person |name = June De Etta Maule |image = |birth_date = {{birth date|1917|2|1}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|2009|10|29|1917|2|1}} |death_place = |death_cause = |known_for = Maule Air |education = |employer = |occupation = |spouse = Belford Maule |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = |website = }} '''June De Etta Maule''' (February 1, 1917 – October 29, 2009) was an American businesswoman. Maule was the owner and manager of Maule Air, a manufacturer of light, single-engined STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft headquartered in Moultrie, Georgia.<ref name=aopa>{{cite news |first=Alton K.|last=Marsh |title=Matriarch of Maule Air dies at 92 |url=http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/091030maule.html |publisher=Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |date=2009-10-30 |access-date=2009-11-28}}</ref>

==Life== [[File:20-02-869-maule.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque of Maule at the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame]]

June Aderhold was born in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.<ref name=aopa/> She married her husband, Belford D. Maule (1911–1995), in 1934.<ref name=aopa/> The couple remained together both in marriage and as business partners until his death in 1995.<ref name=aopa/>

June Maule took an active role in her husband's company, helping to both sell and develop Maule Air's aircraft.<ref name=aopa/> The couple jointly ran the day-to-day operations of the company.<ref name=mo>{{cite news |first=Adelia |last=Ladson |title=Friends remember June Maule |url=http://www.moultrieobserver.com/local/local_story_304223804.html |newspaper=Moultrie Observer |date=2009-10-31 |accessdate=2009-11-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130129071632/http://www.moultrieobserver.com/local/local_story_304223804.html |archivedate=2013-01-29}}</ref> She took over the company after her husband's death and remained actively involved with the factory and its productions until her death in 2009.<ref name=aopa/>

In a 2000 interview with ''Aviation for Women Magazine'', Maule explained her involvement with her company and the aviation industry, "I've done everything involved in building an airplane except welding. I've sewn the upholstery, helped with covering, run lathes, and even helped with the forming of windshields when we still made them in the factory. That's how Mr. Maule and I did it. We worked together."<ref name=mo/>

During her lifetime, Maule was inducted into the Pioneer Hall of Fame, which was created in 1992 to honor women who have made significant contributions to the aviation industry though innovation or action.<ref name=aopa/> Besides Maule, other past inductees to the Pioneer Hall of Fame have included Amelia Earhart, Nadine Jeppesen, Audrey Poberezny, Jeana Yeager, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Patty Wagstaff and Olive Ann Beech.<ref name=aopa/>

Additionally, Maule was the recipient of the Katharine Wright Memorial Award in 1993.<ref name=mo/> She was also inducted into the Women in Aviation International Hall of Fame, the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame and the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame.<ref name=mo/> Maule was the named the Colquitt County Woman of the Year in 2000.<ref name=mo/> Her funeral was held at Lifespring Community Church in Moultrie, Georgia, and she was interred at Pinecrest Memory Gardens cemetery.<ref name=mo/>

Maule died from a short illness on October 29, 2009, at the age of 92.<ref name=aopa/> Her son, Gary Maule, 57, died from leukemia on the same day as his mother.<ref name=aopa/> She was survived by four other children.<ref name=aopa/> Most of her children were employed with Maule Air.

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==Further reading== *{{cite magazine |title=All About Maule |last=Baxter |first=Gordon |authorlink=Gordon Baxter |date=June 1996 |magazine=Flying Magazine |page=108 |volume=123 |issue=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DslE-y_wLr0C&pg=PA108 |access-date=November 1, 2018}}

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