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Katherine Brown Obituary
July 30, 1926 - March 8, 2018
Woodburn, OR
Katherine was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Anna Louisa Cox Miller and Walter Frederick Miller. Kay earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from Adrian College in Michigan in 1947. She met her future husband Herbert Benjamin Brown at Adrian and married on June 11th, 1949. In 1950, Kay and Herb moved to Hudson, Michigan where they began their teaching careers and family.
In 1959 Kay and Herb moved to Hayward, California and continued their teaching careers with Kay first serving as a teacher at Sequoia, Kimball then a Reading Specialist at Eldridge Elementary School, Saint Clement, Saint Bede and All Saints Catholic Schools until she retired in 1983. Both Kay and Herb were dedicated members of the First United Methodist Church in Hayward.
Kay and Herb retired to Woodburn, Oregon in 1985 and greatly enjoyed their life together in the Willamette Valley but sadly Herb died in 1990.
Kay had a genuine goodness and kindness. She is loved and remembered by her family and friends, most especially by her four children, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A celebration of Kay's life will be held at the Woodburn United Methodist Church at 700 North Cascade Drive, Woodburn, OR 97071 on Saturday, March 24th, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
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donny banks
March 23, 2018
kay brown is a beautiful soul and person. i knew her for over forty years of my life. i was able to observe and admire her interactions with people thru out my life. she had an amazing calm demeanor and I never heard her raise her voice in anger, frustration, or hate at any time or instance. is that really possible?? kay Was that beautiful person. surely she must have had anger or frustration or pain but all she was, was stoic . i was blessed to know her. i am so sorry for the family but so happy the whole family was able to always rally around mom and celebrate her for many decades. god bless you kay
Shelly
March 16, 2018
My deepest sympathies to the family of Katherine for your loss. May God 'bind up your broken hearts' and comfort you through this most difficult time. - Isaiah 61:1,2
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