Brown, Betty Mrs. Benjamin N. 1920-2006

BROWN, VANNOORT, VANDESTOWE

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/14/2010 at 08:33:26

Betty Brown Betty Brown, 85, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Hawarden, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at the Edgewood Vista Senior Living Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral Service was June 2 at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden with the Rev. Tim Walker and the Rev. Tim Worthington officiating. Burial followed in the Grace Hill Cemetery. The Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Betty J. Brown was born Nov. 8, 1920 at Boyden, the daughter of Jacob and Jennie (Van Noort) Vande Stowe. She graduated from Rock Valley, Iowa, High School and later attended Sioux Empire College in Hawarden. Betty married B. Norcross Brown, May 7, l938 at Canton. They lived in Birmingham, Ala. until 1944. Betty lived with her mother in Rock Valley while her husband served in WWII, and on March 1, 1946 she and Norcross moved to Hawarden. Together they ran the Hawarden Cleaners until 1957. Betty then worked part time for many years at the Smart Shop clothing store. Norcross died Aug. 30, 2003. Betty was a faithful member of the Hawarden United Methodist Church where she was active in the UMW and the church choir. She was a member of the Hawarden Hospital Auxiliary.She is survived by a son, Benjamin Norcross "Bud" Brown of Sioux Falls; a daughter, Rebecca Jane "Becky" Treiber of Alcester; a sister-in-law, Pauline Vande Stowe of Golden, Colo.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.Betty was preceded in death by her husband; four brothers, Donald, Milton, Jack and Charles Vande Stowe; and a sister-in-law, Glory Vande Stowe.Source: Hawarden Independent/Ireton Examiner after May 30, 2006