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Ralph Leroy Brown

Male 1906 - 1987  (80 years)


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  • Name Ralph Leroy Brown 
    Born 6 Sep 1906  Olivet, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Jan 1987  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 2 Feb 1987  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2701  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Harry Brown 
    Mother Myrtle Brown 
    Family ID F865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cleoma Jean (Jean) Meyers Brown,   b. 4 Aug 1920, Louisburg, Miami County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1940  Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Larry Leroy Brown
    +2. Janice Kay Brown Rulon Grooms
    +3. Sandra Mae Brown Boyd Black,   b. 18 Nov 1943,   d. 11 Jun 2017  (Age 73 years)
     4. Randy Brown
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2019 13:45:02 
    Family ID F751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Obituary- Brown, Ralph
    Obituary- Brown, Ralph
    Ralph L. Brown

    ROSSVILLE -- Ralph L. Brown, 80, Rossville, died late Thursday, Jan. 29, 1987, at a Topeka hospital.

    Mr. Brown was retired from Hankamer Co. in Topeka where he was a heavy equipment operator.

    He was born Sept. 6, 1906, in Olivet, a son of Harry and Myrtle Brown. He lived here the past 30 years.

    Mr. Brown was a member of Operating Engineers Local Union No. 101 in Topeka.

    He was married to Jean Myers on Aug. 21, 1940, in Lyndon. She survives.

    Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Janice Grooms, Chula Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Sandy Boyd, Fort Worth, Texas, two sons, Larry Brown, Topeka, and Randy Brown of the home, two sisters, Mrs. Lula Likes and Edna Brown, both of Emporia; a brother, Buford Brown, Hartford; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. The family will meet with friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.




    RALPH L. BROWN

    Ralph L. Brown, 80, Rossville, died late Thursday, January 29, 1987, at a Topeka hospital.

    Mr. Brown was retired from Hankamer Co. in Topeka where he was heavy equipment operator.

    He was born September 6, 1906, in Olivet, a son of Harry and Myrtle Brown. He in Rossville the past 30 years.

    Mr. Brown was a member of Operating Engineers Local Union No. 101 in Topeka.

    He was married to Jean Myers on August 21, 1940, in Lyndon. She survives.

    Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Janice Grooms, Chula Vista, Calif., and Mrs. Sandy Boyd, Ft. Worth, Tx.; two sons, Larry Brown, Topeka, and Randy Brown, of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Likes, and Edna Brown, both of Emporia; a brother, Buford Brown, Hartford; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

    The family met with friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Verschelden Funeral Home. Services were Monday at 10 a.m. at the Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery. Casket bearers were George McWilliams, Dennis Kidwell, Hugh Fairbanks, Donald Bixby, Don Stockman and Clinton Kerwin. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.