Brown,Lois Eleene (Albertson) 1926-2004

BROWN, FARGHUM, ALBERTSON, POWERS, JOHNSON, KOSHATKA, EHLERT, NESS

Posted By: Jill McCarville (email)
Date: 3/5/2014 at 09:12:36

Services held for Lois Brown,77

Funeral services for Lois Brown of Cresco were held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 14, at the First Lutheran Church in Cresco with Rev. Gary Lee and Intern Jerleen Schlesser officiating. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Cresco. Lindstrom Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Lois,77, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at the Regional Health Services of Howard County after a long battle with cancer.

Lois Eleene Brown was born August 16, 1926, the daughter of Arnold and Eva (Farghum) Albertson. She graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1946.

On April 3, 1948 she married Charles Powers. To that union two sons were born, Donald and Craig. After Chuck's sudden death, Lois worked various jobs and raised her two boys. She later met and married Lyle Brown on June 27, 1963 and a daughter Judy was born. They resided in the Cresco area. Lois continued to work at various jobs.

She is survived by her husband Lyle of Cresco; three children: Donald of Santa Barbara, CA, Craig of Cresco, and Judy Johnson of Cresco; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three sisters: Beverly Koshatka of Cresco, Roselyn Ehlert of Cresco, and Janeen Ness of Minneapolis, MN; and three brothers: Bob of Waterloo, Leland of Waterloo and Stan of Minneapolis, MN.

Lois was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother in infancy.

Times Plain Dealer August 18, 2004 Page 3A
Transcribed by Jill McCarville from the files of Janice Sowers

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