Mary Ellen Brown

Mary Ellen Brown

Mary Ellen Brown

1918-2015

Mary Ellen Brown, 97, Maryville, Missouri, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at Parkdale Manor Care Center, Maryville, Missouri.

Mary Ellen was born August 15, 1918, in Pickering, Missouri to Edmond and Blanche (Shanklin) Shores.

A 1936 graduate of Quitman, Missouri High School, she was a homemaker.

Mary Ellen married James Homer Brown October 4, 1938, in Oregon, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Homer Brown (December 16, 2004); son Roger Brown; four sisters: Ruth McIntosh, Nettie Davie, Eva Jean Kruse and Betty McGinnis; two brothers: Joe and Eddie Shores and two sons-in-law: Francis Deen and Bob Shoup.

Surviving Mary Ellen are her children: Wilma Jean (Jack) LaFlesch, Las Vegas, Nev., Ada Mae (Owen) Hines, Maryville, Louise Deen, Maryville, Joe (Marianne) Brown, Hopkins, Missouri; daughter-in-law Marva Brown, Springfield, Missouri; 16 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation is 12:00-2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

Graveside Funeral Services will follow the visitation at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Maryville.

Memorials may be made to the Quitman, Missouri Cemetery Fund.

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