Mary Coleman Brown

Mary Coleman Brown obituary, Lexington, KY

Mary Coleman Brown

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Mary Brown Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Pearson Funeral Home on Mar. 2, 2026.
Mary Agnes Coleman Brown was born April 24th, 1925 in Hays, KS and died February 15th, 2026 in Lexington, KY. She was born to Melchior and Mathilda Dorzweiler, descendants of Volga Germans who emigrated from Russia to western Kansas. She graduated St. Mary's College in St. Marys, KS in 1947.

Husbands: Robert Lee Coleman and Gordon Lee Brown preceded her in death, as did her daughters Susan Coleman and Judith Brown, and her grandson Chris Conway. Also preceding her in death are her siblings, Lorene Trentman, Alma Rose Young, Adrian Dorzweiler, and Norman Dorzweiler.

Survivors are Margo Miller (John), Betsey Gibson (Tim), Philip Coleman (Lisa), and Debbie Conway (Rob), six grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery will be on April 24 at 11 a.m. on what would have been her 101st birthday.

Expressions of sympathy can be sent to the Louisville Orchestra and the Home of the Innocents.

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Cave Hill Cemetery

701 Baxter Ave., Louisville, KY 40204

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