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Obituary - Frank Brown

Services for Frank E. Brown, 70, 206 Meeks Court will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Coldren Funeral Home, the Rev. Walter Gatton officiating. Burial will be in Lee Cemetery. Mr. Brown died at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday in Blanchard Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born Jan. 1, 1904 in Findlay to James K. And Susan (Farthing) Brown. On Sept. 8, 1923 he married Pauline Thomas and she survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Betty Green, 601 W. Main Cross St.; Mrs. Roger (Florence) Bennett, Dryden, N. Y; two sisters, Mrs. Garnet Ayers, 425 Monroe; Mrs. Martha Farison, 425 Frazet St.; two brothers, Ralph Mansfield; Earl, Detroit, Mich.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was a retired employee of Penn Central Railroad and a member of Hancock No. 73, I. O. O. F.; Rebekah Lodge; Encampment I. O. O. F.; and Central Church of Christ. Visitation is from 7-9 p.m. today and 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The I. O. O. F. will conduct memorial services at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Funeral home.

Submitted 20 Oct 1997 by Carol Huesgen