Obituary published in the" St. Louis Post-Dispatch" (St. Louis, Missouri) on Wednesday, Feb 20, 1980 on page 12.
"Vesta B. Tittmann Services; Of Brown Shoe Firm Family – Private burial services will be held tomorrow in Bellefontaine Cemetery for Vesta Brown Tittmann. Mrs. Tittmann died Monday at age 93 at the Mari De Villa Retirement Center, 13900 Clayton Road, Ballwin, where she lived with her husband, Eugene C. Tittmann Sr.
Mrs. Tittmann was the daughter of Alanson D. Brown, who in 1872 was a founder of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. The firm was once the largest shoe manufacturing company in the world.
In 1931, Mrs. Tittmann and her three sisters filed a suit against their brother, Alanson C. Brown, alleging mismanagement of a trust arrangement after their father's death in 1913.
The case made headlines until it was settled out of court in March 1939. Three months later, Alanson C. Brown Died, and the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., which had deteriorated during the years of litigation was declared bankrupt.
Mrs. Tittmann served with the Red Cross in France during World War I and was on the boards of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Junior League of St. Louis.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Vesta T. McLean of Short Hills, N.J.; a son, Eugene Jr. of Darien, Conn.; and a sister, Stella F. McElroy of St. Louis."
"Vesta B. Tittmann Services; Of Brown Shoe Firm Family – Private burial services will be held tomorrow in Bellefontaine Cemetery for Vesta Brown Tittmann. Mrs. Tittmann died Monday at age 93 at the Mari De Villa Retirement Center, 13900 Clayton Road, Ballwin, where she lived with her husband, Eugene C. Tittmann Sr.
Mrs. Tittmann was the daughter of Alanson D. Brown, who in 1872 was a founder of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. The firm was once the largest shoe manufacturing company in the world.
In 1931, Mrs. Tittmann and her three sisters filed a suit against their brother, Alanson C. Brown, alleging mismanagement of a trust arrangement after their father's death in 1913.
The case made headlines until it was settled out of court in March 1939. Three months later, Alanson C. Brown Died, and the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., which had deteriorated during the years of litigation was declared bankrupt.
Mrs. Tittmann served with the Red Cross in France during World War I and was on the boards of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Junior League of St. Louis.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Vesta T. McLean of Short Hills, N.J.; a son, Eugene Jr. of Darien, Conn.; and a sister, Stella F. McElroy of St. Louis."
Obituary published in the" St. Louis Post-Dispatch" (St. Louis, Missouri) on Wednesday, Feb 20, 1980 on page 12.
"Vesta B. Tittmann Services; Of Brown Shoe Firm Family – Private burial services will be held tomorrow in Bellefontaine Cemetery for Vesta Brown Tittmann. Mrs. Tittmann died Monday at age 93 at the Mari De Villa Retirement Center, 13900 Clayton Road, Ballwin, where she lived with her husband, Eugene C. Tittmann Sr.
Mrs. Tittmann was the daughter of Alanson D. Brown, who in 1872 was a founder of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. The firm was once the largest shoe manufacturing company in the world.
In 1931, Mrs. Tittmann and her three sisters filed a suit against their brother, Alanson C. Brown, alleging mismanagement of a trust arrangement after their father's death in 1913.
The case made headlines until it was settled out of court in March 1939. Three months later, Alanson C. Brown Died, and the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., which had deteriorated during the years of litigation was declared bankrupt.
Mrs. Tittmann served with the Red Cross in France during World War I and was on the boards of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Junior League of St. Louis.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Vesta T. McLean of Short Hills, N.J.; a son, Eugene Jr. of Darien, Conn.; and a sister, Stella F. McElroy of St. Louis."
"Vesta B. Tittmann Services; Of Brown Shoe Firm Family – Private burial services will be held tomorrow in Bellefontaine Cemetery for Vesta Brown Tittmann. Mrs. Tittmann died Monday at age 93 at the Mari De Villa Retirement Center, 13900 Clayton Road, Ballwin, where she lived with her husband, Eugene C. Tittmann Sr.
Mrs. Tittmann was the daughter of Alanson D. Brown, who in 1872 was a founder of the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. The firm was once the largest shoe manufacturing company in the world.
In 1931, Mrs. Tittmann and her three sisters filed a suit against their brother, Alanson C. Brown, alleging mismanagement of a trust arrangement after their father's death in 1913.
The case made headlines until it was settled out of court in March 1939. Three months later, Alanson C. Brown Died, and the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., which had deteriorated during the years of litigation was declared bankrupt.
Mrs. Tittmann served with the Red Cross in France during World War I and was on the boards of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Junior League of St. Louis.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Vesta T. McLean of Short Hills, N.J.; a son, Eugene Jr. of Darien, Conn.; and a sister, Stella F. McElroy of St. Louis."
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