Winifred S. Brown, 1894-1996

BROWN, OSBORN

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 8/1/2006 at 06:55:08

"Services for Winifred S. Brown, 101, of Fairmont were held Saturday, January 27, 1996, at 10:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Armstrong with Rev. Mary Shultz and Rev. Dexter Miller officiating. Burial was in Armstrong Grove Cemetery in Armstrong. Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home of Armstrong was in charge of arrangements.

Winifred died Wednesday, January 24, 1996, at Lakeview Methodist Care Center in Fairmont. She was born June 16, 1894 in Seneca, IA to John and Anna (Thompson) Osborn. Winifred attended school at Seneca and Algona before going to one year of normal school in Sioux Falls, SD. On July 10, 1918, she was united in marriage to William F. Brown at her parent's home near Seneca. After their marriage, the couple farmed near Dolliver and Fenton before moving to a farm near Armstrong in 1928. They farmed there until 1954 when they moved to Fairmont where they have lived since. Mr. Brown died October 15, 1981. She and her husband were the church janitors at the Fairmont United Methodist Church for a number of years.

Survivors include: one son, Melvin Brown of Armstrong; one daughter-in-law, Helen Brown of Armstrong; three grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; one brother, Earl Osborn and wife, Ethel of Fenton; one sister, Pauline Potter of Rockford, IL; two sisters-in-law, Maxine Osborn of Fenton and Jessie Salszwedel of Deerfield, WI. Winifred was preceded in death by her husband, one son, one daughter-in-law, her parents, three brothers and three sisters. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Armstrong and later, Fairmont, a charter member of the Lakeview Methodist Home Auxiliary and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary."

Contributed by: Jim Richmond. Source: Armstrong Journal, Armstrong, Iowa, January 31, 1996.