Brown, Viola M. (1924 - 2017)

BROWN, BEST, WADE, HOLLOWAY, BLOK, LAVELY

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/18/2017 at 11:43:08

Name of deceased: Viola May Brown (nee Best)

Aged: 93 yrs, 6 mo, 5 days

Residence: Bethany Lutheran Home, Council Bluffs, IA

Born: Feb. 4, 1924; Dow City, IA

Died: Aug. 9, 2017, Bethany Lutheran Home, Council Bluffs, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017; First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Kirkman, IA

Survived by: daughters, Sandra Brown of Harlan, IA, Linda Wade of Bellevue, NE, Janis (spouse, Bill) Holloway of Kirkman, IA, and Joyce Blok of Charles Town, WV; son, Gary Brown of Kirkman, IA; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Clark Henry and Gertie P. (nee Leslie) Best; husband, Merlyn Walter Brown (deceased Nov.18, 2010); daughter, Cheryl Lavely; 4 sisters; 1 brother

Education: attended Dow City, IA schools

Religious affiliation: member, First United Methodist Church in Harlan, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Merlyn Walter Brown; June 1, 1941; Denison, IA

Employment: Farmed with her husband in Shelby, Crawford, and Harrison counties, IA until they retired in 2001

Hobbies/Interests: knitting and crocheting, reading, playing cards, canning, tending her large vegetable garden

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; burmeisterjohannsen.com