Penelope Green's obituary for the New York Times reports that Sister June Carpenter, a librarian and the oldest of America's last three Shakers, died on Nov. 3, 2026, at 88, leaving two members at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in Maine. It traces her path from Brookline to the community she joined in 1988, her quiet humor, and the remaining Shakers' irritation at "last Shaker" headlines.