Here is information on their marriage, previous marriages, and more.
Born:
Edmund Percival Hillary: July 20, 1919 in Tuakau, near Auckland, New Zealand.June Anderson Mulgrew:
Died:
Sir Edmund: January 11, 2008 at the age of 88 in Auckland, New Zealand. Sir Edmund died following a heart attack.A state funeral in Auckland and a memorial service in the Himalayas were planned for Sir Edmund.
How June and Ed Met:
Ed and June had known one another for many years."In New Zealand, he was becoming close to June, estranged wife of his former Antarctic partner Peter Mulgrew. In 1979 Mulgrew was killed when the Antarctic tour plane on which he was a guide crashed; and the friendship formed with June deepened."
Source: DailyMail.co.uk
Wedding Date:
According to National Geographic, June and Ed were married on November 30, 1989 at his home in Auckland, New Zealand. Dame Cath Tizard was the officiant at their wedding.Michael Field: "When Prime Minister David Lange in 1985 appointed Hillary New Zealand's envoy to India, June went along as the social secretary. After four years they came home, to their separate homes. 'Even though June was only a mile away, it seemed a rather lonely existence. It was our children who solved the problem for us.' They married."
Source: "The dark shadow over Sir Edmund's life", The Dominion Post, 01/11/2008.
Children:
Sir Edmund had three children and several grandchildren with his first wife, Louise Rose.Occupations:
Edmund: Adventurer, mountaineer, author, beekeeper, philanthropist. On May 29, 1953 Edmund and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa, were the first men to climb Mount Everest. Sir Edmund explored the South Pole and the source of the Yangtze River.Quotes About the Marriage of Sir Edmund Hillary and Lady June:
Sir Edmund Hillary about his marriage to June: "In November 1989 June and I were married on the deck of my home in Auckland by an old and good friend, Cath Tizard, the Mayor of Auckland, now Dame Catherine Tizard. It was a very happy event and all our children grandchildren, relations and friends gathered around. My life would have been very empty without Louise and June. After Louise's death I had five years of depression and misery. When my long friendship with June blossomed into a much warmer relationship, I learned to live and love again. What a fortunate person I have been!"Source: "Starting Again", Sir Edmund Hillary: A Brief Biography
Previous Marriages:
Edmund was previously married to Louise Rose. Their marriage ended in 1975 when Louise was killed in an airplane accident.Louise Rose and Sir Edmund Hillary Marriage Profile
Lady June was previously married to one of Edmund's mountain climbing partners, Peter Mulgrew.
A long-time friend of Edmund, Peter Mulgrew died on November 28, 1979 when he took Edmund's place as a guide on the sightseeing flight of Air New Zealand Flight 901. The airplane crashed on Mount Erebus in Antarctica.
