Obituaries

January 1, 1910 to July 7, 2010
 

WINAMAC - Alice Earle Brown, 100, of 624 E. 13th St., Winamac, passed away at 2:05 a.m., Wednesday, July 7, at Pulaski Health Care Center, Winamac, where she had been a resident for many years.

She was born Jan. 1, 1910, in Somerset, MA, to Ralph and Elgie Anna Mann Earle. She married Rev. V. Kenneth Brown on June 10, 1930 in Newport, RI. He  died on Aug. 8, 1982.

Survivors include:
Elsie (Warren) Short, Winamac, Daughter
Hazel Brown-Farrar, St. Louis, MO, Daughter-in-law
Jeannette Brown Astin, LaMarque, TX, Daughter-in-law
Evelyn Short (Bernard) Regier, Newton, KS, Granddaughter
Leonard (Carol) Short, Winamac, Grandson
Julia (Robert) Hughes, Chattanooga, TN, Granddaughter
Kenneth Mark (Sonya) Brown, Houston, TX, Grandson
Rebecca Hartman, Chattanooga, TN, Granddaughter
Kara (Greg) Dubis, Columbia, IL, Granddaughter
Keith Brown, Greece, Grandson
Keith (Laura) Johnson, Houston, TX, Grandson
Gayle Mitchell, LaMarque, TX, Granddaughter
Joyce (Rev. Carl) Martin, Colorado, Granddaughter
23 Great-Grandchildren
15 Great-Great-Grandchildren

Preceded in death by:
Rev. V. Kenneth Brown, Jr., Son
David Brown, Son
Weston Earle, Brother
John Earle, Brother
Dr. Ralph Earle, Brother
Rev. Robert Earle, Brother
Elizabeth Deal, Sister
Miriam Earle, Sister
Olive Chase Osborne, Sister

Mrs. Brown and her siblings were pastors and missionaries in the U.S. and India. She graduated from Cleveland Bible Institute and Marion College. She taught elementary school at many locations. She and her husband at Friends churches in Indiana and Ohio, including several churches in Grant County, IN. Following her husband's death, Mrs. Brown moved to Winamac to be near her daughter and family.

She was a member of the South Marion Friends Church in Marion. She was a supporter of the World Gospel Mission. She was a member of the Pulaski County Retired Teacher's Assocation and the Pulaski Memorial Hospital Auxillary.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Sunday, at Frain Mortuary, Winamac; and one hour prior to the services at the church on Monday. The funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m., Monday (July 12), at South Marion Friends Church, Marion, with Dr. John Petty officiating. Burial will be in Park Cemetery, Fairmount.

Memorial donations may be given to: World Gospel Mission