Dorothy Brown, age 96, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
Della was born to Bertie and Dorothy Wellman. She married Donald W. Brown August 11, 1946 at First Presbyterian Church in Joliet.
She attended Joliet Public Schools and graduated from St. Francis Academy, Class of 1943.
Della worked at Gerlach-Barklow - Rust Craft Greeting Card Company in the late 50's and early 60's. She also worked at the Maryknoll Bakery New Lenox in the late 60's and early 70's.
In her free time she raised violets, loved to work in her yard, sewed and created costumes, clothes and crafts for her daughters and grandchildren, knitted, crocheted, painted and decorated wooden crafts that Don would create and cut out from wood, as little as doll furniture to a large barn toy chest.
Della was an active member, supporter and life member of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Parent Teacher Association of Culbertson School, the Will County Threshermen's Association, the Rialto Preservation Society, a life member of Caterpillar Retiree's Club, a Member and Deaconess of First Presbyterian Church since 1944, a member of the Joliet Area Historical Museum, a life member of St. Francis Academy and Joliet Catholic Academy Alumni Associations, class room volunteer for 33 years at Schmuhl School and Tyler School in New Lenox, a 65 year member of D.A.R. Louis Joliet Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution since 1955.
Private funeral services at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home.
Della was born to Bertie and Dorothy Wellman. She married Donald W. Brown August 11, 1946 at First Presbyterian Church in Joliet.
She attended Joliet Public Schools and graduated from St. Francis Academy, Class of 1943.
Della worked at Gerlach-Barklow - Rust Craft Greeting Card Company in the late 50's and early 60's. She also worked at the Maryknoll Bakery New Lenox in the late 60's and early 70's.
In her free time she raised violets, loved to work in her yard, sewed and created costumes, clothes and crafts for her daughters and grandchildren, knitted, crocheted, painted and decorated wooden crafts that Don would create and cut out from wood, as little as doll furniture to a large barn toy chest.
Della was an active member, supporter and life member of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Parent Teacher Association of Culbertson School, the Will County Threshermen's Association, the Rialto Preservation Society, a life member of Caterpillar Retiree's Club, a Member and Deaconess of First Presbyterian Church since 1944, a member of the Joliet Area Historical Museum, a life member of St. Francis Academy and Joliet Catholic Academy Alumni Associations, class room volunteer for 33 years at Schmuhl School and Tyler School in New Lenox, a 65 year member of D.A.R. Louis Joliet Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution since 1955.
Private funeral services at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home.
Dorothy Brown, age 96, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
Della was born to Bertie and Dorothy Wellman. She married Donald W. Brown August 11, 1946 at First Presbyterian Church in Joliet.
She attended Joliet Public Schools and graduated from St. Francis Academy, Class of 1943.
Della worked at Gerlach-Barklow - Rust Craft Greeting Card Company in the late 50's and early 60's. She also worked at the Maryknoll Bakery New Lenox in the late 60's and early 70's.
In her free time she raised violets, loved to work in her yard, sewed and created costumes, clothes and crafts for her daughters and grandchildren, knitted, crocheted, painted and decorated wooden crafts that Don would create and cut out from wood, as little as doll furniture to a large barn toy chest.
Della was an active member, supporter and life member of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Parent Teacher Association of Culbertson School, the Will County Threshermen's Association, the Rialto Preservation Society, a life member of Caterpillar Retiree's Club, a Member and Deaconess of First Presbyterian Church since 1944, a member of the Joliet Area Historical Museum, a life member of St. Francis Academy and Joliet Catholic Academy Alumni Associations, class room volunteer for 33 years at Schmuhl School and Tyler School in New Lenox, a 65 year member of D.A.R. Louis Joliet Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution since 1955.
Private funeral services at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home.
Della was born to Bertie and Dorothy Wellman. She married Donald W. Brown August 11, 1946 at First Presbyterian Church in Joliet.
She attended Joliet Public Schools and graduated from St. Francis Academy, Class of 1943.
Della worked at Gerlach-Barklow - Rust Craft Greeting Card Company in the late 50's and early 60's. She also worked at the Maryknoll Bakery New Lenox in the late 60's and early 70's.
In her free time she raised violets, loved to work in her yard, sewed and created costumes, clothes and crafts for her daughters and grandchildren, knitted, crocheted, painted and decorated wooden crafts that Don would create and cut out from wood, as little as doll furniture to a large barn toy chest.
Della was an active member, supporter and life member of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Parent Teacher Association of Culbertson School, the Will County Threshermen's Association, the Rialto Preservation Society, a life member of Caterpillar Retiree's Club, a Member and Deaconess of First Presbyterian Church since 1944, a member of the Joliet Area Historical Museum, a life member of St. Francis Academy and Joliet Catholic Academy Alumni Associations, class room volunteer for 33 years at Schmuhl School and Tyler School in New Lenox, a 65 year member of D.A.R. Louis Joliet Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution since 1955.
Private funeral services at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home.
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