BROWN, Ruth E. 1916-2011

BROWN, DUFFY, BARLOW, CHRISTENSEN, MCLAUGHLIN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/29/2012 at 00:35:14

[Waterloo Courier, Thursday, December 8, 2011]

WATERLOO - Ruth E. Brown, 95, of Ridgeway Place, died Monday, Dec. 5, at Covenant Medical Center.

She was born Aug. 29, 1916, in Barclay Township, daughter of Frank and Susan Duffy Barlow. She married Robert D. Brown on Nov. 16, 1935, in Waterloo. He died Jan. 17, 1988.

Mrs. Brown graduated from Dunkerton High School and was a homemaker.

Survived by a son, Dr. Ronald R. (Susan E.) Brown of Richmond, Ind.; two daughters, Janice M. (Roger) Christensen of Crown Point, Ind., and Mary B. (John J.) McLaughlin of Cincinnati; nine grandchildren, Jeffery Brown, Sarah Davin, Susan C. Gregerson, Mary Beth Gibbons, Nancy Fitzer, Jennifer M. Balch, James R. McLaughlin, Julie E. McLaughlin and Jane M. Morrison; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Edward Catholic Church, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation and a rosary begins at 10 a.m. Friday at the church. The casket will be closed. Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service is assisting with arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the church or American Cancer Society.

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