Amy Jean Grinage Brown, 95, of Monongahela, died on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
She was born on July 12, 1925 in McKeesport, PA to the late Marie Catlin Brice Grinage and Sylvester Grinage.
She was the great-granddaughter of the late Captain William Hilton Catlin, civil war veteran as well as captain and company commander of the all African-American Keystone Guard, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
She was the second of six children, attending McKeesport High School and entering a postgraduate bookkeeping program following graduation. During World War II, she worked as a machinist in the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA.
And following WWII she met and married her husband of 56 years, Theodore A. "Ted" Brown, on November 17, 1946.
They had a daughter, Marie Loreen Brown-Wagner on August 3rd, 1948, and settled into Monongahela.
Mrs. Brown worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for Thurner Homes in Pittsburgh, PA and Alexandria, VA for thirty years. Following her official retirement, she continued to support her family and threw herself into volunteer activities. She gave of herself to others endlessly. She actively cared for her older brother as well as both of her parents as they aged and until their deaths. She helped raise her granddaughters and supported her daughter, Marie, working as a volunteer office manager for her medical practice.
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Survivors include her daughter, Dr. Marie Brown-Wagner of Albuquerque, NM; two granddaughters, Meredith Wagner Dyrszka of Katonah, NY and Marissa Wagner Mery of Austin, TX; five great-grandchildren, Theodore and Lila Dyrszka, and Andrés, Emma, and Tomás Mery; and two sons-in-law, Marc Dyrszka and Carlos Mery. She is survived by three of her late husband's sisters, Viola Grinage, Ruth Saunders, and Winona Womack and two sisters-in-law, Lorraine Matthews and Charlotte Matthews. She is also survived and adored by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Her siblings, Sylvester Grinage, James Grinage, Bessie Holmes, Brice Grinage, and William Grinage preceded her in death in addition to her parents.
Visitation services with the family will be held on Friday April 30, 2021 from 3-6 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 W. Main Street, Monongahela. Additional visitations will be held on Saturday May 1, 2021 from 9-10 AM in the Frye Funeral Home. The funeral service will begin at 10:00 AM with the Rev. Morty Ivy officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery.
Published April 28, 2021
https://www.fryefuneralhome.com/obituary/amy-brown?fh_id=15934
She was born on July 12, 1925 in McKeesport, PA to the late Marie Catlin Brice Grinage and Sylvester Grinage.
She was the great-granddaughter of the late Captain William Hilton Catlin, civil war veteran as well as captain and company commander of the all African-American Keystone Guard, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
She was the second of six children, attending McKeesport High School and entering a postgraduate bookkeeping program following graduation. During World War II, she worked as a machinist in the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA.
And following WWII she met and married her husband of 56 years, Theodore A. "Ted" Brown, on November 17, 1946.
They had a daughter, Marie Loreen Brown-Wagner on August 3rd, 1948, and settled into Monongahela.
Mrs. Brown worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for Thurner Homes in Pittsburgh, PA and Alexandria, VA for thirty years. Following her official retirement, she continued to support her family and threw herself into volunteer activities. She gave of herself to others endlessly. She actively cared for her older brother as well as both of her parents as they aged and until their deaths. She helped raise her granddaughters and supported her daughter, Marie, working as a volunteer office manager for her medical practice.
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Survivors include her daughter, Dr. Marie Brown-Wagner of Albuquerque, NM; two granddaughters, Meredith Wagner Dyrszka of Katonah, NY and Marissa Wagner Mery of Austin, TX; five great-grandchildren, Theodore and Lila Dyrszka, and Andrés, Emma, and Tomás Mery; and two sons-in-law, Marc Dyrszka and Carlos Mery. She is survived by three of her late husband's sisters, Viola Grinage, Ruth Saunders, and Winona Womack and two sisters-in-law, Lorraine Matthews and Charlotte Matthews. She is also survived and adored by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Her siblings, Sylvester Grinage, James Grinage, Bessie Holmes, Brice Grinage, and William Grinage preceded her in death in addition to her parents.
Visitation services with the family will be held on Friday April 30, 2021 from 3-6 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 W. Main Street, Monongahela. Additional visitations will be held on Saturday May 1, 2021 from 9-10 AM in the Frye Funeral Home. The funeral service will begin at 10:00 AM with the Rev. Morty Ivy officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery.
Published April 28, 2021
https://www.fryefuneralhome.com/obituary/amy-brown?fh_id=15934
Amy Jean Grinage Brown, 95, of Monongahela, died on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
She was born on July 12, 1925 in McKeesport, PA to the late Marie Catlin Brice Grinage and Sylvester Grinage.
She was the great-granddaughter of the late Captain William Hilton Catlin, civil war veteran as well as captain and company commander of the all African-American Keystone Guard, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
She was the second of six children, attending McKeesport High School and entering a postgraduate bookkeeping program following graduation. During World War II, she worked as a machinist in the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA.
And following WWII she met and married her husband of 56 years, Theodore A. "Ted" Brown, on November 17, 1946.
They had a daughter, Marie Loreen Brown-Wagner on August 3rd, 1948, and settled into Monongahela.
Mrs. Brown worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for Thurner Homes in Pittsburgh, PA and Alexandria, VA for thirty years. Following her official retirement, she continued to support her family and threw herself into volunteer activities. She gave of herself to others endlessly. She actively cared for her older brother as well as both of her parents as they aged and until their deaths. She helped raise her granddaughters and supported her daughter, Marie, working as a volunteer office manager for her medical practice.
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Survivors include her daughter, Dr. Marie Brown-Wagner of Albuquerque, NM; two granddaughters, Meredith Wagner Dyrszka of Katonah, NY and Marissa Wagner Mery of Austin, TX; five great-grandchildren, Theodore and Lila Dyrszka, and Andrés, Emma, and Tomás Mery; and two sons-in-law, Marc Dyrszka and Carlos Mery. She is survived by three of her late husband's sisters, Viola Grinage, Ruth Saunders, and Winona Womack and two sisters-in-law, Lorraine Matthews and Charlotte Matthews. She is also survived and adored by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Her siblings, Sylvester Grinage, James Grinage, Bessie Holmes, Brice Grinage, and William Grinage preceded her in death in addition to her parents.
Visitation services with the family will be held on Friday April 30, 2021 from 3-6 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 W. Main Street, Monongahela. Additional visitations will be held on Saturday May 1, 2021 from 9-10 AM in the Frye Funeral Home. The funeral service will begin at 10:00 AM with the Rev. Morty Ivy officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery.
Published April 28, 2021
https://www.fryefuneralhome.com/obituary/amy-brown?fh_id=15934
She was born on July 12, 1925 in McKeesport, PA to the late Marie Catlin Brice Grinage and Sylvester Grinage.
She was the great-granddaughter of the late Captain William Hilton Catlin, civil war veteran as well as captain and company commander of the all African-American Keystone Guard, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
She was the second of six children, attending McKeesport High School and entering a postgraduate bookkeeping program following graduation. During World War II, she worked as a machinist in the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA.
And following WWII she met and married her husband of 56 years, Theodore A. "Ted" Brown, on November 17, 1946.
They had a daughter, Marie Loreen Brown-Wagner on August 3rd, 1948, and settled into Monongahela.
Mrs. Brown worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for Thurner Homes in Pittsburgh, PA and Alexandria, VA for thirty years. Following her official retirement, she continued to support her family and threw herself into volunteer activities. She gave of herself to others endlessly. She actively cared for her older brother as well as both of her parents as they aged and until their deaths. She helped raise her granddaughters and supported her daughter, Marie, working as a volunteer office manager for her medical practice.
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Survivors include her daughter, Dr. Marie Brown-Wagner of Albuquerque, NM; two granddaughters, Meredith Wagner Dyrszka of Katonah, NY and Marissa Wagner Mery of Austin, TX; five great-grandchildren, Theodore and Lila Dyrszka, and Andrés, Emma, and Tomás Mery; and two sons-in-law, Marc Dyrszka and Carlos Mery. She is survived by three of her late husband's sisters, Viola Grinage, Ruth Saunders, and Winona Womack and two sisters-in-law, Lorraine Matthews and Charlotte Matthews. She is also survived and adored by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Her siblings, Sylvester Grinage, James Grinage, Bessie Holmes, Brice Grinage, and William Grinage preceded her in death in addition to her parents.
Visitation services with the family will be held on Friday April 30, 2021 from 3-6 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 W. Main Street, Monongahela. Additional visitations will be held on Saturday May 1, 2021 from 9-10 AM in the Frye Funeral Home. The funeral service will begin at 10:00 AM with the Rev. Morty Ivy officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery.
Published April 28, 2021
https://www.fryefuneralhome.com/obituary/amy-brown?fh_id=15934
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