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Alice Rosella <I>Morineau</I> Brown

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Alice Rosella Morineau Brown

Birth
Centreville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Death
25 May 2022 (aged 91)
Portland, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Christus Section P
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Alice Rosella Morineau Brown was born in Centreville, Illinois on March 20, 1931, to Louis and Lois (Wilson) Morineau. She was the youngest of three children, growing up with her sister Marie and brother Glenn. She attended grade school in Maplewood Park, Illinois and graduated in 1949 from high school in Dupo, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister and brother.

Rosella married Corporal George W. Brown, US Marine Corps, on March 18, 1951. They were married for 53 years and raised their family in Belleville, Illinois. Rosella worked 25 years with the Defense Communications Agency (DECCO) at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, retiring in April 1991.

Over the years Rosella was a member of Unity Roselawn Baptist Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois; and St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Belleville. After moving to Oregon in 2003, Rosella was a member of Cedar Mill Bible Church in Portland. She was an active volunteer in Oregon for Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) at McKinley Elementary School in Beaverton, and at Second Edition Resale/Cedar Mill Public Library in Portland.

Rosella passed away at age 91 in Portland, Oregon on May 25, 2022

She was kind, funny, strong, and loved.
Alice Rosella Morineau Brown was born in Centreville, Illinois on March 20, 1931, to Louis and Lois (Wilson) Morineau. She was the youngest of three children, growing up with her sister Marie and brother Glenn. She attended grade school in Maplewood Park, Illinois and graduated in 1949 from high school in Dupo, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister and brother.

Rosella married Corporal George W. Brown, US Marine Corps, on March 18, 1951. They were married for 53 years and raised their family in Belleville, Illinois. Rosella worked 25 years with the Defense Communications Agency (DECCO) at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, retiring in April 1991.

Over the years Rosella was a member of Unity Roselawn Baptist Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois; and St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Belleville. After moving to Oregon in 2003, Rosella was a member of Cedar Mill Bible Church in Portland. She was an active volunteer in Oregon for Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) at McKinley Elementary School in Beaverton, and at Second Edition Resale/Cedar Mill Public Library in Portland.

Rosella passed away at age 91 in Portland, Oregon on May 25, 2022

She was kind, funny, strong, and loved.


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  • Created by: SABrown
  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245568921/alice_rosella-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Alice Rosella Morineau Brown (20 Mar 1931–25 May 2022), Find a Grave Memorial ID 245568921, citing Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by SABrown (contributor 49012388).