Carroll L. Brown

BROWN, LORD, HITE, DYKSTRA, ELLIS, TICKNOR

Posted By: Kate Hite (email)
Date: 7/30/2016 at 14:24:34

Carroll L. Brown, 63, dies Monday

Carroll L. Brown, 63, of 209 Peasley Avenue died at his home Monday evening.

Born March 5, 1913 in Rose Hill, he was the son of Wirt and Lucy Lord Brown. He was graduated from Rose Hill High School in 1930 and from William Penn College in 1935.

In 1937, he was married in New Sharon to Ruby Hite.
He served four consecutive terms as a state representative from Mahaska County. During his tenure in the House he served as chairman of various committees including the Roads and Highways, Dairy and Foods and the House Steering Committee.

He was a pioneer in soil conservation in Mahaska County. In 1948, he set a record corn yield on a contoured 10 acre plot. The world record of 224.2 bushels per acre still stands for that type of plot.

Brown was a member of the First Christian Church and Tri-Luminar Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Ruby; two daughters Mrs. Roger (Marjorie) Dykstra of Londonderry, New Hampshire and Mrs. Edward (Jeanne) Ellis of Des Moines; one son, Gregg, a student at Drake University, Des Moines and two grandsons Mark and Trey Dykstra.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Newman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Raymond Ticknor of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery with Masonic graveside services by Tri-Luminar Masonic Lodge.
(Oskaloosa Herald April 1976).