Obit: Brown, Helen (1885 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Brown, Albrecht, Bradley, Haupt, Nicholson

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 17 Aug 1972

Brown, Helen (11 OCT 1885 – 5 OCT 1972)

Mrs. Helen Brown, age 86, resident of the Cornell Nursing Home, and a former Stanley (Chippewa Co., Wis.) resident, passed away Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chippewa Falls.

She was born in Kewaunee, Illinois on October 11, 1885, daughter of Charles and Tillie Albrecht. She moved to Pipestone, Minnesota when she was a young girl, and on July 8, 1902 was united in marriage to Marion Brown. She lived most of her life in the Stanley area.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lloyd (Marcella) Bradley of Cornell; one sister, Mrs. Elsie Haupt of Everett, Washington; four grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, one brother, and two sisters.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Plombon Funeral Home, Stanley, with Rev. William Nicholson officiating. Interment was made in the Oakland Cemetery, Stanley.