Obituaries
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[Brown, Clarissa Ellen Hamblin]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     March 4, 1965    p. 6

Clarissa Brown Rites Held Friday, Feb. 26

Funeral services for Mrs William (Clarissa) Brown, lifetime Taylor county resident, were held Feb. 26 at Shum-Novinger Funeral in Bedford with Mr. Howard Anthony officiating. Mrs. Brown died Feb. 24, 1965, at Lenox, Iowa at the age of 92 years, three months, and 17 days.

Included in the service was the following obituary.

Clarissa [Ellen] Hamblin Brown was born November 6, 1872, near Sharpsburg, Iowa, daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth [McWilliams] Hamblin.

She was united in marriage to William Thomas Brown of Conway, on Feb. 15, 1893, and they resided on farms in Taylor County for 64 years, until the death of her husband.

To this union 11 children were born: seven sons and four daughters.

Preceding her in death were her husband, who died June 25, 1956; two sons, Oran, and Dee; an infant daughter; a son-in-law, Marvin Van Loon; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Maggie West and Laura Smith, and one brother, Willie.

In 1915 she gave her life to Christ and was faithful in her choice to the end.

She is survived by her eight children: [William] Glenn of Bedford; Eddie of Lincoln, Nebr.; Orville of Sharpsburg; Dale of Harlan, Ia.; Horace of Des Moines; Mattie Van Loon of Knoxville, Ia.; Opal Weeda of Conway; and Jessie Eveline Colter of Villisca; 24 grandchildren; 62 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

She will be so sadly missed by all.

[Note: Interment was in the Conway Cemetery, Conway, Taylor County, Iowa. Source: funeral card]

[Brown, David Anderson]

North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)

Thursday    March 2, 1916    [p. 1]

DAVID bROWN DEAD

Veteran and Old Citizen Passes Away

D. [avid] A. [nderson] Brown, one of Sharpsburg's old citizens and one of the few remaining veterans of the civil war, passed away Tuesday after an illness of a few weeks.

Mr. Brown was an old resident in and near Sharpsburg, and was well known, especially among the old soldiers, as he was commander of the Conway post of G. A R., and took a very lively interest in the doings of the old soldiers. Always of a cheerful nature, he seemed to retain splendid health, and up to the time of his recent illness seemed very vigorous for a man of his age, and was a familiar figure down town in Sharpsburg, where his hearty laugh and comradeship will be missed by the old guard.

The funeral was held from the family home, conducted by Rev. John Doak, Thursday morning and was attended by an immense crowd. Interment at the Conway cemetery. The obituary will appear next week.

[Brown, David Anderson]

North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)

Thursday    March 9, 1916     [p. 1]

Obituary

David Anderson Brown was born in Owen County, Indiana Aug. 21, 1842, and died at his home in Sharpsburg, Ia., Feb. 29, 1916, being 73 years 6 months and 8 days old. The deceased was an old soldier, having served over 3 years and four months in the Civil war. He joined company "D", 50th regiment Indiana Infantry, volunteers, at the age of 19, and was discharged Jan. 5, 1865, after being engaged in several battles.

He was married to Miss Mattie Freeman April 6, 1865 in Owen County, Indiana. To this union were born seven children, all of which survive him except the eldest who died in infancy. He came to Iowa in 1868, settling in Taylor County, where he has resided most of the time since and where his wife and surviving children still reside.

Deceased was a kind, sympathetic, loving husband and father and will be missed by the family, relatives and a large circle of friends.

[Brown, David Anderson]

North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)

Thursday    March 9, 1916    p. 4

Oscar Freeman of McAlester, Rans., returned home Monday. He was called here to attend the funeral of his uncle, D. [avid] A. [nderson] Brown.

[Brown, David Anderson]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday    March 2, 1916    [p. 1]

David Brown Dead

David Brown of Sharpsburg died at his home Tuesday night. He was the father of O. [dis] M. [cKager] Brown, who is well known in Bedford.

 

[Brown, Dee Anderson]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday    February 12, 1920    [p. 1]

Died While on Visit.

Dee [Anderson] Brown, son of W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown, who resides in Marshall Township, died while on a visit in Minnesota, with the flu. This is the second son to die in this family during the past year, one having died last year at Camp Funston. The family have the deepest sympathy of all who know them in their great sorrow.

 

[Brown, Dee Anderson]

New Market Herald

Thursday    February 12, 1920    p. 4

Will Brown received a telegram Monday morning stating that his son, Dee [Anderson] Brown, who was in Minnesota, had passed away, Sunday morning, from flu pneumonia. Will Brown and entire family were ill with flu and under the doctor’s care, when they received this sad message. They have the sympathy of the entire community.

[BROWN, DEE ANDERSON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 12, 1920
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown received a message Monday morning that their son, Dee, had passed away at Argyle, Minn., where he had gone only a short time ago to visit his uncle. He was a victim of pneumonia. Several of the family at home are sick with influenza. They have the sympathy of the entire community.

[Brown, Francis Glenn]

Clearfield Chronicle

Wednesday    July 3, 2002    p. 3

Francis G. Brown

Graveside services for Francis G. [lenn] Brown, age 85 of Bedford, were held Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at the Washington Cemetery in Gravity with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Interment was held in the Washington Cemetery. Memorials can be given in his name. Arrangements were by Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.

Francis passed away on Sunday, June 23, at the Lenox Care Center.

Francis Glenn Brown was born March 22, 1917, in Taylor County near Sharpsburg. He was the son of William Glenn and Hazel Frances Mohler Brown.

He grew to maturity in the Sharpsburg and Conway area where he attended rural school. On Sept. 12, 1940, he was united in marriage to Hazel M. Strong in Maryville, Mo. They had six children.

The couple continued to live on the family farm where Francis spent 83 years of his life, as he was a farmer at heart.

He was a Farm Bureau member for many years and served 14 years as tour chairman. He also served on various other committees. Francis was director of Harvester Farmers of America and a Lester Pfister Hybrid Seed Corn Company dealer for 38 years. He retired from farming in 1998.

Francis raised and sold purebred Chester White hogs for several years. He started a dairy herd in 1956. In his station wagon, he took Grade A milk to Pine's Dairy in Diagonal. He then switched to Borden’s in Kansas City until the herd was sold in 1965. He then had a cow-calf herd only.

Francis is survived by his wife, Hazel; three daughters, Shirley (husband Ronald) Cramer of Connersville, Ind., Charlene (husband Alfred) Beckman of Omaha, and Gayle (husband Ellis) Houk of Bedford; two sons, Leo (wife Carolyn) Brown of Bedford and Gary (wife Nancy) Brown of Gravity; 13 grandchildren, Teresa Sellers, Tina Cramer, Troy Cramer, Tonya Mullins, Marsha Larsen, Keith Beckman, Brenda McMillin, Randy Brown, Todd Brown, Daryl Brown, Mary Jo Manley, Alisha and Eric Houk; seven great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; a sister, Julia (husband Russell) McNees of Atlantic; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Preceding Francis in death were his parents, Glenn and Hazel Brown; and a son, Gordon, in 1961.

[Brown, Francis Glenn]

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday    July 3, 2002

Francis Glenn Brown

Graveside services for Francis G. [lenn] Brown, age 85 of Bedford, who died Sunday, June 23, 2002, at the Lenox Care Center, were held Wednesday June 26, 2002, at 11:00 a. m. at the Washington Cemetery in Gravity, Iowa, with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Interment was held in the Washington Cemetery in Gravity. Memorials may be given in his name. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.

Francis Glenn Brown was born March 22, 1917, in Taylor County near Sharpsburg, the son of William Glenn and Hazel Frances Mohler Brown.

Francis grew to maturity in the Sharpsburg and Conway area where he attended rural school. On Sept. 12, 1940, he was united in marriage to Hazel M. [ary] Strong in Maryville, Mo. To this union six children were born. The couple continued to live on the family farm where Francis spent 83 years of his life, as he was a farmer at heart.

He was a Farm Bureau member for many years, serving 14 years as tour chairman, also serving on various other committees. Francis was director of Harvester Farmers of America and a Lester Pfister Hybrid Seed Corn Company dealer for 38 years. He retired from farming in 1998.

Francis raised and sold purebred Chester White hogs for several years. He started a dairy herd in 1956 and every morning he took Grade A milk to Pine's Dairy in Diagonal, Iowa, in a station wagon. Francis then switched to Borden’s in Kansas City until the herd was sold in 1965, leaving him with a cow-calf herd only.

Francis is survived by his wife, Hazel; three daughters, Shirley and husband Ronald Cramer of Connersville, IN, Charlene and husband Alfred Beckman of Omaha, Nebraska, and Gayle and husband Ellis Houk of Bedford; two sons, Leo and wife Carolyn Brown of Bedford and Gary and wife Nancy Brown of Gravity, Iowa; 13 grandchildren, Teresa Sellers, Tina Cramer, Troy Cramer, Tonya Mullins, Marsha Larsen, Keith Beckman, Brenda McMillin, Randy Brown, Todd Brown, Daryl Brown, Mary Jo Manley, Alisha and Eric Houk; seven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; one sister, Julia and husband Russell McNees of Atlantic, Iowa; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Preceding Francis in death were his parents, Glenn and Hazel Brown; and a son, Gordon, in 1961.

Francis will be remembered as a kind and loving husband, father, friend, and neighbor, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

[Brown, Martha “Mattie” Freeman]

North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)

Thursday    May 9, 1918     [p. 1]

Mrs. D. A. Brown Dead

Mrs. D [avid] A. [nderson] Brown died Saturday afternoon, May 4, at 7:15 p. m., after a short illness of pneumonia, which her age rendered her too weak to withstand. She was the wife of the late D. [avid] A [nderson] Brown, and with him had long been a citizen of this community. They were among the old-time residents of this county, and among the most respected, as Mr. Brown was one of the old soldiers, and enjoyed a wide acquaintance.

OBITUARy

Mattie A. Freeman was born Dec. 15, 1845, in Owen County, Ind., and was married to David Brown, April 6, 1865. They moved to Taylor County many years ago, where they since resided, moving to Sharpsburg 10 years ago.

Six children survive to mourn her loss: Wm. [William Thomas], Odis [McKager], Maggie [Margaret Jane], and Guy [Roy] Brown, and Mrs. Orie [May] McKay and Mrs Daisy [Lee] Hamblin, all of whom reside near Sharpsburg.

Mrs. Brown was a devoted mother and wife, an earnest and sincere Christian, and dear to all who knew her. Unpretentious and modest, her work and training shows in her splendid family, and her friends who esteemed her so highly, and will join with the Review in extending their sympathy to the bereaved ones.

The funeral services were held from her late home, Herbert Vitzhum officiating, in the presence of a large attendance of friends and neighbors. Interment was at Conway cemetery.

[Brown, Martha “Mattie” Freeman]

Bedford Free Press

Wednesday     May 22, 1918    p. 3

SHARPSBURG

Mrs. D. [avid] A. [nderson] Brown [Martha “Mattie” Freeman] died Saturday afternoon, May 4, after a short illness of pneumonia. The funeral services were held at her late home Tuesday forenoon, in the presence of a large attendance of friends and neighbors. Burial took place at Conway cemetery.

[Brown, Mary Elizabeth Richey]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 1, 1955    [p. 1]

Mrs. O. M. Brown, 76, Dies At Lenox

LENOX, IOWA — Mary E. [lizabeth]  (Mrs. O. M.) Brown, 76, died Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Kirby in Lenox. Mrs. Brown's home was in Lenox, but she had been staying at the home of her daughter since she suffered a stroke.

Survivors are her husband, O. [dis] M. [cKager] Brown; 2 sons, Marvin of Lenox and Charles of Sharpsburg; daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Kirby [Oma] and Mrs. Ted Solders [Selders], of Lenox; 16 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren and one brother, Shannon Richey of Sharpsburg. One daughter and two sons preceded her in death.

Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Lenox United Presbyterian church with Rev. Willard Morris officiating. Burial in the Lenox cemetery.

[Brown, Mary Elizabeth Richey]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 8, 1955    p. 7

Obituary - Mrs. O. M. Brown

Mary Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Isaac and Abigail Richey, was born Sept. 12, 1878, in Van Buren county, Iowa, and died August 24, 1955, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oma Kirby in Lenox, after several weeks of serious illness. She was 76 years, 11 months. 12 days old at the time of her death.

She was married to Otis [Odis] M. [McKager] Brown on Jan. 19, 1898. To them three daughters and four sons were born. She united with the Presbyterian church at an early age, and was an active member in the church, and in later years, in the United Presbyterian church. With the exception of two years spent in Minnesota, she lived all of her life In the Lenox and Sharpsburg community.

Two sons, Roy and Clyde, and a daughter, Daisy Baggstrom preceded her in death.

She is survived by her husband, Otis [Odis] M. [McKager] Brown; a brother, Shan Richey of Sharpsburg; two sons, Charlie of Sharpsburg and Marvin of Lenox; two daughters, Oma Kirby and Grace Selders of Lenox; 16 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the United Presbyterian church in Lenox Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Willard Morris. Burial in Lenox cemetery.

[Brown, Odis McKager]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 11, 1964    [p. 1]

O. M. Brown, 88, Rites Yesterday

Funeral services for O. [dis] M. [cKager] Brown, long-time Taylor County resident were held yesterday (Wednesday) at Bender Funeral Home in Lenox Mr. Brown died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Kirby [Oma], with whom he made his home, at the age of 88 years, 8 months and 3 days.

Included in the services was the following obituary:

Odis McKager Brown of Bedford, Iowa, was born to David [Anderson] and [Martha] Mattie [Freeman] Brown, on October 4, 1875, in Taylor County, Iowa, and spent most of his life in Taylor County, with the exception of 3 years spent in Argyle, Minn. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Richey on Jan. 19, 1898, and to this union, seven children were born, three of whom survive: Oma W. Kirby and Marvin "Skeeter" Brown of Bedford and Grace A. Selders of Lenox, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his wife Mary, three sons, Roy, Charlie and Clyde, one daughter Daisy Baggstrom, his parents, one brother and two sisters.

He is also survived by one brother, Guy [Roy] of Sharpsburg and one sister, Orie McKay of Mt. Ayr, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 30 great grand children; 7 great great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends.

His entire life was spent in the farming and trucking business and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

[Brown, Oran A.]

North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)

Thursday    October 10, 1918    [p. 1]

ORAN BROWN DIES

Spanish Influenza Claims Soldier Boy at Fort Riley

Oran A. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown, died of Spanish influenza and pneumonia Oct. 3, at Fort Riley, Kans., at 8:35 p. m. His parents, who had been called, arrived too late to see him alive. His illness lasted less than a week.

He entered the service the 27th of August, after a sale at which he disposed of all his property, and was a private in the quartermaster's department, 3rd Division, at Fort Riley.

OBITUARY

Oran A. Brown was born Jan. 26, 1896, near Conway, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown, who are well known to all Taylor county folks, and resided all his life in this vicinity.

He stayed with his folks till the last two years, when he started farming for himself, selling out his farm equipment just before he left for the cantonment.

He was a splendid young man of sterling character, and had been a follower of Christ for three years and a half. He was heartily liked by all who knew him, and gave his life for his country just as truly as those who have fallen on the field of battle.

It is not known when the body will arrive so we are unable to announce the date of the funeral.

[Brown, Oran A.]

North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)

Thursday    October 17, 1918    p. 3

Brown Funeral Thursday

The body of Oran Brown, who died sometime ago at Ft. Riley of influenza, has arrived and the funeral will be held at the W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

[Brown, Oran A.]                                                                        [Clary, Ord Thomas]

Bedford Free Press

Wednesday    October 9, 1918    [p. 1]

TWO SOLDIERS DIE AT TRAINING CAMPS

Two soldier boys whose homes were in this county died at training camps last week of Spanish influenza.

Oren Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown, northeast of Gravity, died at Camp Funston. He left from this county alone and in the vicinity where he lived was known as a young man of sterling qualities. He was brought home and burial was made at Gravity.

Mrs. Charles Adkins, west of Bedford, received word Monday morning that her brother Ord Thomas Clarey had died of the Spanish influenza at Camp Sheridan, Ala. The young man was about thirty years old and had made his home in this county for many years prior to the four years he had been employed at Boone. He was called from Boone and was sent to the Alabama camp. He leaves four sisters, Mrs. Charles Adkins, Mrs. Roy Bailey, Misses Ina and Grace Clarey. The body was sent by the authorities to Bedford but burial will probably be made at Neosho, Mo.

[Brown, Oran A.]

Bedford Free Press

Wednesday    October 23, 1918    [p. 1]

Oren Brown Buried

Oren [Oran] Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T.[homas]  Brown, northeast of Bedford, who died at Camp Funston, was buried in the Conway cemetery, Thursday afternoon. The funeral services were held at the home.

[Brown, Oran A.]

Bedford Free Press

Wednesday    October 23, 1918    p. 7

Sharpsburg

The funeral of Oren [Oran] Brown who died two weeks ago at Ft. Riley, Kansas of Spanish flu, was held at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T.[homas] Brown, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment took place at Conway.

[Brown, Oran A.]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday    October 10, 1918    [p. 1]

SUPREME SACRIFICE PAID BY ANOTHER

PRIVATE ORAN A. BROWN DIed AT CAMP FUNSTON, KANSAS, THURSDAY

Parents Go to See Him But Arrive Too Late—Body Brought Back Sunday Night and Interment In the Conway Cemetery

Another Taylor county boy has made the supreme sacrifice and has given his life for his country. It was not Hun bullets, it is true, that brought to a sudden ending the promising young life of Oran A. Brown, but it was the same spirit that caused the forfeiture of life as though it had been. The Spanish influenza, which is filling the hospitals of the cantonments in this country with its victims, was the cause of his death, while stationed at Camp Funston, Kas.

Oran A. Brown was the second oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.  [illiam] T.[homas] Brown living nine miles north of Bedford in Marshall Township. It was on Aug. 27 that he left Bedford with the selective men, filled with ambition and hope of doing his part toward making this country safe for us all to live in and to continue to prosper in. Strong, bright and manly, his parents bid him farewell at the Bedford depot, little thinking that disease would so soon send him home to them. He was at home just two weeks ago to spend his Sunday furlough with his parents. It was but seven hours that he was permitted to remain, as he had to be back for role call Monday morning. During his life at camp he was developing rapidly and was gaining in weight every week, weighing 150 pounds when taken sick. He wrote his parents two weeks ago Monday, just after his return to camp, that he wasn't feeling well, and that he thought he had taken a cold. Tuesday following he wrote his brother Eddie, telling him he was not a bit well, but that the boys in his company were doing most of his work for him — he being assistant cook. That was the last they heard from him until they got word from the hospital authorities at Ft. Riley, saying he was critically ill. Mr. and Mrs. Brown at once left to be with him, arriving there Friday morning, but he had died at 8:35 the preceding night. He had been in the hospital since the Friday before, suffering from Spanish influenza that developed into pneumonia. The parents arranged for the shipment of the body back home, and it arrived Sunday night and the funeral service was held at the home Monday conducted by Evangelist John Doak. Due to the nature of the disease the funeral was private and the casket remained sealed. Interment was in the Conway cemetery.

Oran A. Brown was born in Taylor county January 26, 1896, and this has always been his home, where he assisted his father on the farm. He leaves his father and mother and nine brothers and sisters to mourn. The children are: [William] Glen, who is married and lives near the home place; Dee, Eddie, Orville, Mattie, Dale, Horace, Opal and Jessie Evalyn, all living at home. As the star of blue in their service flag is turned to gold, the entire county extends to them their sympathy, knowing not when the same service may be performed in their own family, nor where the next call will be made to meet a similar sacrifice. But the one comforting thought they can have is that his life was offered for his country.

[Brown, Orville Theodore]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 4, 1968    [p. 1]

Orville Brown Rites Friday

Funeral services for Orville [Theodore] Brown, 65, of Sharpsburg, will be held Friday, April 5, at 1:30 p. m., at 708 State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford. Mr. Brown died Tuesday at Rosary Hospital in Corning. Interment will be at the Conway Cemetery.

[Brown, Orville Theodore]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 11, 1968    p. 2

Final Rites Held April 5 For Orville Brown

Funeral services for Orville Theodore Brown, 65, of Sharpsburg, held April 3 at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here, were conducted by pastor David Leonhardt. Mr Brown died suddenly April 2 at Rosary Hospital in Corning. Interment was at Conway Cemetery.

Orville Theodore Brown, son of William [Thomas] and Clarissa [Ellen Hamblin] Brown, was born April 12, 1902, on a farm near Conway, Iowa.

He was united in marriage to Ruby Marie Hancock on January 16, 1923. To this union eight children were born, of whom three sons and three daughters are living.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Ruby, and their children: Viola and husband Richard Guess and three children, Vicki, Carolyn and Steve of Catlin, Illinois; Betty and husband, Donald Donaldson and three children, Craig, John, and Donette of Sharpsburg; Jean and husband, Richard Fitzgerald, and two children Ronnie and Christi of Conway; Orville T. [heodore] Jr. and wife, Lonnie, and five children, Jim, Joyce, Linda, Judy, Doyle and his wife, Elaine, of Phoenix, Arizona, Harlan and his wife, Zelma, and five children, Dennis, Barbara, David, Tom, Larry and wife, Judy of Lenox, Robert and wife, Judy, and two children, Laurie and Rodney of Sharpsburg; also Fern Moore Travis, who was like a daughter and who made her home with them during her last year of school and until her marriage.

Also surviving are his three sisters: Mattie Hayes of Knoxville; [Clarissa] Opal Weeda of Conway, Jessie Colter of Shenandoah, four brothers: [William] Glenn of Bedford, Eddie of Lincoln, Nebr., Dale of Harlan and Horace of Des Moines, one uncle, one aunt; many nieces; nephews and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by two daughters, Ruth and Dorothy; his parents, and two brothers, Oran and Dee [Anderson].

Orville accepted Christ as his Saviour at an early age and led his life as a faithful example for his family and friends unto the end.

He spent his entire life farming in Taylor County near Sharpsburg. One of his many enjoyments was serving on the School Board of Conway and his interest in all school activities of all ages of children He was a kind and loving husband, father, brother and uncle, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Just like a whisper, and then no more. For it was God who was at the door. He took our loved one home to rest. One so special, one of the best. No one loved family more than dad. No one can count the friends he had. We knew someday he would depart. But to us . . . So Young At Heart.

Preceding him in death were his parents; three brothers, Oran, Dee [Anderson], and Orville [Theodore], and one grandchild, Gordon Brown.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Hazel; son, Francis and wife, Hazel, of Conway; and daughter, Julia, and husband, Russell McNees of Atlantic; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Dale of Harlan, Iowa; Eddie of Lincoln, Nebr.; and Horace of Lenox, Iowa; three sisters Mrs. Mattie Hays of Knoxville, Iowa; Mrs. [Clarissa] Opal Weeda, Bedford, and Jessie Colter of Kalispell, Montana; 23 nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

He will be remembered by his family as a loving and devoted husband and father, a cherished grandfather, and a true friend, one who was giving of his time in helping others as long as health permitted. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.