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Clara Brown

19 Feb 1873 – 3 Dec 1963

Birth19 Feb 1873
Death3 Dec 1963
CemeterySunset Cemetery
Cedar Rapids , Boone County , Nebraska , USA
Added byCarolyn Russell on 15 Mar 2012
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84177356

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The Columbus, NE. Daily Telegram, December 4, 1963 BROWN--Miss Clara Brown dies; funeral services Friday Miss Clara Brown, 90, member of a pioneer Columbus family, died Tuesday night in the Genoa Haven where she had resided since last February. She had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Gass Funeral Home with the Rev. G.M. Ottsen officiating. There will be a graveside service at 2 p.m. in the Cedar Rapids cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Gass chapel after 11 a.m. Thursday. Miss Brown was born Feb. 19, 1873 on a farm three miles northeast of Columbus, the present site of the Loup powerhouse. She was the daughter of Rachael Ann Craig and George W. Brown, who came to Columbus from Ohio in 1869. Her father was one of the first school teachers in Platte county and had previously served in the Union Army. He served in the Nebraska legislature, representing Boone county. In 1877 the Browns homesteaded near Cedar Rapids, where the family resided until 1917. Clara was a member of the first class graduated from Cedar Rapids high school. Later she lived in Omaha and in Lincoln, returning to Columbus in 1953. She was a member of St. Matthew Episcopal church in Lincoln and Grace Episcopal church, Columbus. Miss Brown is survived by four nieces and six nephews, Mrs. R.Y. Lisco, Aurora, Colo.; Mrs. Willard Dover, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Carroll M. Brown, Dallas, Tex.; Jay C. Brown, Alexandria, Va.; Ralph E. Brown and Ellis G. Brown, Omaha; Mrs. Fred Kluck, sr., Richland; Mrs. Lowell Grimes, H arry C. Brown and Howard C. Brown, Columbus. Her parents and one sister and brother preceded her in death. Memorials may be directed to Grace Episcopal church. Find A Grave contributor Don

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