Ann B. Brown

HARTFORD CITY, INDIANA Ann B. Brown, 81, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009, at River Ridge Assisted Living, Traverse City, Michigan. She was born July 30, 1928 in Arran, Saskatchewan, Canada. After high school, she graduated from Saint Boniface College with a degree in nursing. Ann married Thomas A. Brown in Oak Park, Illinois. She worked as a Registered Nurse at the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, Chicago, the Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, and the VA Hospital, Marion. Ann was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Tri Kappa Sorority, VA Nurses Association and was a Paul Harris Fellow through Rotary International. Surviving are: her husband, Thomas; a son, Thomas R. Brown (wife, Diane “Pepper” Bromelmeier), Central Lake, Michigan; 2 grandchildren, Dylan Bromelmeier and Megan Brown; and a brother-in-law, Rollin Brown, Hartford City. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Megan Sue Orr. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 23 in Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., with Pastor David Smith officiating. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family requests memorials to Rotary Coats for Kids or the First Presbyterian Church.