Brown, Eleanor Caroline (Wise) (1922 - 2019)

BROWN, WISE, BERGMAN, NAUMAN, KLINDT, KUENY, ALLEN, HAYHURST, KOHLSCHEEN, STEVENS

Posted By: Denise Wurner, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/16/2019 at 13:09:50

Name of deceased: Eleanor Caroline Brown (nee Wise)

Aged: 96 yrs, 11 mo, 5 days

Residence: Avoca, Pottawattamie County, IA

Born: March 24, 1922; Pleasant Township, Appanoose County, IA

Died: March 1, 2019; Avoca, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Tuesday, March 5, 2019; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial was in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA

Survived by: Children, Gary Brown (spouse, Nancy) of Hastings, NE, James Brown (spouse, Connie) of Walnut, IA, Rosann Nauman (spouse, James) of Avoca, IA, Randy Brown (spouse, Linda) of Omaha, NE, and Gregory Brown of Dunlap, IA; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Clare Klindt; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Edward and Caroline (nee Bergman) Wise; step-mother, Rose Mary Kueny; husband, Wilbert; grandson, James Brown Jr; siblings, Margaret Allen, Mildred Hayhurst, Joseph Wise, Katherine Kohlscheen and Dorothy Stevens

Education: Graduated from Shelby (IA) High School, Class of 1940. After graduation, she attended Van Sant School of Business in Omaha, NE.

Religious affiliation: Baptized and confirmed into the Catholic faith at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; was a lifelong member there

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Wilbert Brown; April 8, 1942; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA

Employment: Farmed with her husband southeast of Shelby, IA from 1943 until they retired in 1985

Hobbies/Interests: gardening; cooking; sewing; reading

Sources: harlanonline.com; pauleyjones.com