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Vivian Eleanora Ritchey Brown
28 Jun 1924 – 5 May 1967
| Birth | 28 Jun 1924 |
| Death | 5 May 1967 |
| Cemetery | Fairmont Cemetery Fairmont , Fillmore County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | M. Jensen Seggerman on 15 Aug 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52325045 |
Bio
Mrs. Rex E. Brown, the former Vivian Ritchey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ritchey of Fairmont, lost her life in a one car accident, west of Washingto, Kas., Friday, May 5, 1967. She was 42. Mrs. Brown was on her way to Fairmont to attend the funeral of her uncle, James E. Ritchey. The accident happened 12 miles from Washington. Mrs. Brown lived a few hours after being taken to the hospital. State troopers said Mrs. Brown's car rolled off the highway. Mrs. Brown was born in Geneva, but the family moved to Fairmont many years ago. She was employed in the courthouse in Geneva several years before marriage. She had lived at Kansas City, Mo., 22 years. She attended school at Fairmont and was graduated from the Louisville, Ky. Presbyterian Theological Seminary. After her marriage to Rev. Rex E. Brown, they went to Africa as missionaries for the Presbyterian church, being stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. they operated a youth center at Lulubourg. They have been at home on furlough. the Nebraska Signal may 11th, 1967 page 1. ALSO: The following has been contributed by Rhonda Patton Wathen: Today In Genealogy History – May 5 by Kentucky Kindred Genealogical Research Vivian Eleanora Ritchey Brown died 46 years ago - May 5, 1967 - in an automobile accident in Kansas. Vivian was driving to attend the funeral of her uncle. Vivian was the daughter of Francis Sumber Ritchey and Edith Margaret Klein, born June 28, 1924, in Geneva, Nebraska. She married Rex Edwin Brown. Vivian and Rex had 5 children: Randy, Rodney Malcom, Kathleen Sue, Ritchey Edwin and Rickey Carter Brown. ---------------------------------------------- Daughter of Frank and Edith (Klein) Ritchy. Lot Owner: Herman Nease
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- Arthur Francis Ritchey 1911–1978
- Helen Margaret Ritchey Hurst 1913–2002
- Bernice Loretta Ritchey Geis 1915–2003
- Earl Kenneth Ritchey 1917–1994
- Mildred Ferne Blunk 1920–1999
- Merna Laverne Ritchey Price 1922–2005
- Baby Boy Ritchey 1928–1928
- Merlin Eugene Ritchey 1930–2014
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