Ralph Leroy Brown

1906 - 1987  (80 years)

• Name	Ralph Leroy Brown
  Birth	6 Sep 1906	Olivet, Osage County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1987	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Burial	2 Feb 1987	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  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 d. 23 Aug 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1940	Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas
  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
  Family ID	F751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 21 Aug 1940 - Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  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.