Re: George W. Brown
BROWN
Posted By: marilyn dose (email) In Response To: George W. Brown (Ruth)
Date: 3/19/2009 at 16:33:06
GEORGE W. BROWN SR.
George Washington Brown, Sr., age 84, died at his home in Holstein, Iowa on September 12,2000 following a lengthy illness.
Memorial services were held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 16,2000 at the United Methodist Church in HOlstein with Reverend Judith Piper officiating. Inurment followed at the Smithland Cemetery in Smithland, iowa.
He was born March 11,1916 in Smithland, Iowa to Benjamin Franklin Brown and Anna Marie Hummel Brown. He grew up and received his education in Smithland.
On October 16, 1936 he married Winifred Bracy at Jackson, Minnesota. George and his bride began farming that year on the Brown family farm northwest of Smithland. In 1942, they moved to Mapleton, Iowa where they continued to farming until later making their home in HOlstein in 1952. Due to health concerns, the couple spent their winters in the warmer climate of Texas and then summers in Iowa for the last 30 years. George enjoyed fishing and traveling.
Survivors include his wife, Winifred, their children: George Brown and his wife Phyllis, Robert Brown and his wife Geri, and Elaine Rolls and her husband Wendell, all of Holstein, Iowa; eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild; a sister, Verna Phelps at Mount Rose, Colorado, a sister-in-law Dorothy Brown of Arizonia, a brother-in-law Jim Martin of Oregon, plus numberous nieces and nephews.
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