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Charlie Brown

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Charlie Brown

Birth
Henry County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Apr 1963 (aged 87)
Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Salem, Henry County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 11 (Left of road in Cemetery)
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Charlie Brown, 87, died at the Memorial Hospital in Mt. Pleasant Friday, April 19, 1963, at 7 p.m. after a short illness.

He was born July 28, 1875, in Henry County, the son of Phineas and Rebecca (Harshbarger) Brown.

On December 25, 1906, he was married to Retta Smith in Henry County. She preceded him in death November 19, 1952.

To this union were born one daughter, Mrs. Glen (Dorothy) Chatham of Salem; two sons, Donald Brown of Mt. Pleasant and Rex Brown of rural Mt. Pleasant; also seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Four brothers and his parents are predeceased.

He had farmed all of his life and homesteaded two years in Grover, Colorado. He was a member of the Cedar Creek Church.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 22, at the Weir-Cookes Funeral Home. Rev. Ardith Anderson will officiate. Interment will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery near Salem.

-- Mt. Pleasant News, April 20, 1963.
Charlie Brown, 87, died at the Memorial Hospital in Mt. Pleasant Friday, April 19, 1963, at 7 p.m. after a short illness.

He was born July 28, 1875, in Henry County, the son of Phineas and Rebecca (Harshbarger) Brown.

On December 25, 1906, he was married to Retta Smith in Henry County. She preceded him in death November 19, 1952.

To this union were born one daughter, Mrs. Glen (Dorothy) Chatham of Salem; two sons, Donald Brown of Mt. Pleasant and Rex Brown of rural Mt. Pleasant; also seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Four brothers and his parents are predeceased.

He had farmed all of his life and homesteaded two years in Grover, Colorado. He was a member of the Cedar Creek Church.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 22, at the Weir-Cookes Funeral Home. Rev. Ardith Anderson will officiate. Interment will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery near Salem.

-- Mt. Pleasant News, April 20, 1963.


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  • Maintained by: Ralph Brown Relative Grandchild
  • Originally Created by: shirleyw55
  • Added: Sep 8, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29676901/charlie-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Charlie Brown (28 Jul 1875–19 Apr 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29676901, citing Cedar Creek Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Ralph Brown (contributor 48194949).