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Eva Lee <I>Burk</I> Brown

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Eva Lee Burk Brown

Birth
Knox County, Missouri, USA
Death
10 Apr 1951 (aged 74)
Edina, Knox County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Edina, Knox County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 12 NWQ
Memorial ID
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MO d/c 17121

MRS. EVA L. BROWN.
Edina, Mo., April 11.—Funeral services for Mrs. Eva L. Brown, prominent Northeast Missouri clubwoman, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 in the Christian church here, conducted by the Rev. Olin B. Alexander. Burial will be in Linville cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, 74, died Tuesday morning at 1:30 in her home here. She was born near Edina July 24, 1876, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Virginia Jarvis Burk. She was married to Dr. Ed S. Brown May 24, 1899. Her husband died several years ago, and a son, Ed J. Brown, died Oct. 19, 1941.
Surviving are one son, Judge Tom B. Brown of Edina; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Arnold of Wells, Neb., Mrs. Llua B. Kell of Boulder, Col., and Miss Ellen I. Burk, a missionary to the Belgian Congo; two brothers, Charles G. Burk of Stanfield, Ore., and Jesse Burk of Denver, Col., two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Christian church and the Christian Women's Missionary society here. She was a charter member of the Culture club, Chapter AX, P. E. O., and the Daughters of the American Revolution at La Belle. She was a former district and state officer of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs and in 1940 was awarded a medal for her pioneer work in women's clubs.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Wednesday, April 11, 1951; Page: 16
MO d/c 17121

MRS. EVA L. BROWN.
Edina, Mo., April 11.—Funeral services for Mrs. Eva L. Brown, prominent Northeast Missouri clubwoman, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 in the Christian church here, conducted by the Rev. Olin B. Alexander. Burial will be in Linville cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, 74, died Tuesday morning at 1:30 in her home here. She was born near Edina July 24, 1876, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Virginia Jarvis Burk. She was married to Dr. Ed S. Brown May 24, 1899. Her husband died several years ago, and a son, Ed J. Brown, died Oct. 19, 1941.
Surviving are one son, Judge Tom B. Brown of Edina; three sisters, Mrs. Florence Arnold of Wells, Neb., Mrs. Llua B. Kell of Boulder, Col., and Miss Ellen I. Burk, a missionary to the Belgian Congo; two brothers, Charles G. Burk of Stanfield, Ore., and Jesse Burk of Denver, Col., two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Christian church and the Christian Women's Missionary society here. She was a charter member of the Culture club, Chapter AX, P. E. O., and the Daughters of the American Revolution at La Belle. She was a former district and state officer of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs and in 1940 was awarded a medal for her pioneer work in women's clubs.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Wednesday, April 11, 1951; Page: 16


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