Obit: Brown, Laura A. (1895 - 1977)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Brown, Griffith, Zeller, Waters, Richardson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/30/1977

Brown, Laura A. (23 October 1895 – 24 June 1977)

Graveside services were conducted Tuesday at the Neillsville City Cemetery for a former city resident, Mrs. Laura A. Brown, 81, Oshkosh, who died in Oshkosh Friday, June 24. The Georgas-Gesche Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements here.

Mrs. Brown, daughter of Edward and Harriett Griffith, was born October 23, 1895, at Eldorado. Her marriage to Ben J. Brown took place April 13, 1918. Mr. Brown preceded his wife in death on January 1, 1940. Mrs. Brown, who lived in Neillsville until 1950 when she moved to Oshkosh, was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Royal Neighbors of America.

Survivors include one daughter Mrs. Roger (Lura) Zeller of Simi, Ca.; one son, Peter Brown of Green Bay; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Waters and Mrs. Alice Richardson, both of Eau Claire; and six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was a sister-in-law of Frank Brown of Neillsville.