Jacqueline "Jackie" BROWN

Jacqueline passed away on August 18, 2025, at Ridgeview Place in Spokane, WA. Jackie was born in Walla Walla, WA, on December 24, 1937, the youngest child of Raymond and Dorothy (Maher) Busk.

Her family lived in Page, Bremerton, Lamont, and Spokane, Washington. Her home in Gray's Harbor near Bremerton was a one-room cabin with a roof that leaked. Her dad would bring home a bucket of oysters for dinner. Jackie's dad worked on the battleships that were used during World War II, and Jackie vividly remembered the air raids in Gray's Harbor and having to turn off the lights and close the blinds until the all-clear siren sounded and they would return to normal life.

Jackie spoke of lineage to John Adams the second President of the United States. U.S. history was embedded in her family and influenced her desire to become a teacher. She graduated from Mary Cliff Academy and met her husband, Jack Brown, while attending Lamont School. They married May 16, 1956, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and made their home outside of Lamont on the family farm.

Jackie and Jack had twin girls and 11 months later, a healthy boy. Four years later, they welcomed another little boy into the family. Jackie raised a family, cooked and drove the truck during harvest.

She made the best homemade bread rolls and learned from Jack's famous Uncle Amos how to make awesome piecrust. When the twins started high school, Jack encouraged Jackie to go to college. She attended Eastern Washington College and graduated at the top of her class. Soon after graduating, she took a position teaching second grade at St. John Elementary, where she had a 29-year career and was awarded teacher of the month by KHQ in 1997. Reading was a passion of hers, and she encouraged her grandchildren to read; she felt it was a gift from God. When Jack became ill, she took six months off to care for him, and after he passed in 2006, she went back to work until she retired. Oftentimes, you would find her and Suzy Q (best dog gift ever) on the road transporting groceries, combine and tractor parts, and family between the farm and Spokane. She called Lamont and Spokane home until 2020, when the pandemic hit. Jackie continued to visit the farm whenever someone offered to take her.

Jackie spent the last eight months of her life at Ridgeview Place in Spokane Valley, until August 18, 2025. 

Jackie is survived by daughter, Cindy Glorfield (Eric) of St. John; daughter, Della Harwood (Mark) of Greenacres; son, John Brown of Maple Valley; son, Charles Brown (Adele) of Lamont; six grandchildren, Michael Glorfield (Kerri), Stevie Glorfield Pfaff (Ryan), Jerod Harwood (Janna), Amanda Harwood Dunbar (Jesse), Rowdy Brown (Mackenzay), and Beau Brown; seven great-grandchildren, Colton Pfaff, Riley Pfaff, Gracie Pfaff, Lennon Dunbar, Marley Dunbar, Greear Harwood and Jack Harwood; sister-in-law, Ardella Bailey (Darrel); and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; parents; and brother and sister.

Arrangements are being handled by Heritage Funeral & Cremation. Visitation will be held Friday, September 5, from 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. On Tuesday, September 9, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Spokane Valley, Rosary will begin at 1:30 p.m., Funeral Mass at 2:00 p.m., and reception to follow. Interment will be at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane on September 10 at 10:30 a.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John School Foundation, 301 West Nob Hill, St. John, WA 99171.