Eric Eugene Brown 1973

BROWN, HIGLEY, SHIRLEY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 2/2/2011 at 23:36:10

Services Held Friday for Mother, Children
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Furhman Funeral Home, Estherville, for Mrs. Kurt Brown and children, Holly Jane and Eric Eugene. The three were killed about midnight Nov. 18 when the car Mrs. Brown was driving left a road and overturned in a slough near their home in Elbow Lake, Minn.

Funeral services were held Wednesday in United Methodist Church, Elbow Lake, with the Rev. Allen Hagstrom officiating. The Rev. Fred Sawyer officiated at the services held Friday. Burial was made in Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville.

Mrs. Brown was the former Mary Jane Higley. She was born Oct. 19, 1938 to Harley and Phyllis Higley in Estherville. She was graduated from Broadlawns School of Nursing, Des Moines, and was married to Dr. Kurt Brown on June 4, 1967 in Davenport.

They lived in Davenport for a few years, then moved to River Falls, Wis., and had lived at Elbow Lake, Minn., the past three years.

Holly Jayne was born to Dr. and Mrs. Brown on July 29, 1969 in River Falls, Wis. Eric Eugene was born May 27, 1973 at Elbow Lake, Minn.

Surviving are Mrs. Brown’s husband; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Higley, Havelock; her sister, Mrs. Bennie (Shirley) Christianson, Joice; and her grandmother, Mrs. Millie Shirley, Estherville.

Holly Jayne and Eric Eugene are also survived by their grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Brown, Nebraska City, Neb.; and great-grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Brown, Nebraska City. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 26, 1973)