Mary was born January 9, 1918 in Britton Run, NY to Leo and Winifred Van Tassel.
She lived in Jamestown, Pembroke and Rochester, NY before moving to Monticello and then Chattahoochee. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Nazarene Church of Monticello where she was very active and a Sunday School teacher. Mary was a model of exuberant radical faith in Jesus. She loved children, the Bible and our Lord. She invested largely in kids of every age; in her own seven children, her grandchildren, many foster children, the kids of the church day care, and the Bible Quiz kids. The adult Bible classes she taught challenged both mind and heart. She deeply loved her husband Ed and her Lord.
She is survived by her husband of 74 years, Edward William Brown, Sr.; sons, Edward Brown, Jr. (Rhoda) of Elba, NY, Arthur Brown (Sylvia) of Wilmore, KY, Kenneth Brown (Nancy) of Dover, DE and Kurt Brown (Sharon) of Glens Falls, NY; daughters, Sharon Hutchinson (Donald) of Chattahoochee and Sally DeHollander (Steve) of Rochester, NY; one sister, Leora Wilcox of Irving, TX; 19 grandchildren 58 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by a son Mark Wayne Brown.
Family and friends are cordially invited to a graveside service on Saturday (April 9th), 2:00pm at the Bear Ridge Cemetery (Bear Ridge Rd.) in Lockport, NY.
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