The characters / Recurring character
June Petrie
June Petrie is recorded in 2 distinct storys.
Salem explicitly names June Petrie in Mark's parental conversation and depicts her during Barlow's attack alongside Henry. Wolves explicitly identifies Mark Petrie and recounts the death of his parents during Callahan's confrontation with Barlow. That specific mother/father pair and matching event identify June, even without her given name in Wolves. The name comes from Salem's narrative rather than being invented from a generic parent role.
Also recorded as June, Mrs. Petrie.
Stories and supporting passages
Salem's Lot
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That had made his father laugh like hell, and even his mother snickered. The whipping had been averted. Now June Petrie was saying: ‘Do you think it’s affected him, Henry?’ ‘Hard... to tell.’ And Mark knew by the pause that his father was lighting his pipe.
The original narrative identifies June Petrie and portrays this person in the events later recalled by Callahan in Wolves of the Calla.
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
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Callahan identifies Mark Petrie and recalls accompanying him to his parents’ house, where Barlow had seized the parents and then the boy. ’Salem’s Lot names June Petrie as one of Mark’s parents and portrays this confrontation. That relationship and event establish the identity despite the absence of the given name here.
Mentioned in Callahan’s account of the events in ’Salem’s Lot.
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Callahan’s flashback depicts Mark Petrie’s parents lying dead at Barlow’s feet after the attack. ’Salem’s Lot establishes June Petrie as one of those parents. The parent relationship and the same confrontation identify this character, although Wolves of the Calla does not repeat the given name.
The parents’ bodies appear in a flashback to the events of ’Salem’s Lot.