BLUFFTON--Mahlon D. Brown, 73, Bluffton, died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at the Clinic Hospital, Bluffton. He had been ill for three years.
Mr. Brown was a retired carpenter.
He is survived by the widow, Mildred; five sons, including Robert Brown of Marion; six daughters, one sister, 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church in Bluffton. The Rev. Joe Elliott will officiate and burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County. Friends may call at the Thoma Funeral Home, Bluffton.
Huntington Herald-Press, Monday, 30 Mar 1970
Mahlon D. Brown, 73, died at 10:15 p.m. sunday at the Clinic Hospital, Bluffton, after an illness of three years.
He was born in Grant County on Dec. 8, 1896 to Charles and Clara Love Brown.
Surviving in addition to his wife the former Mildred Beal, are four sons, six daughters, one sister, 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Thoma Funeral Home, Bluffton, from 7 p.m. Monday until noon Wednesday when the body will be moved the the Baptist Church Bluffton, for services at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Joe Elliott will officiate, and burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County.
Bluffton News-Banner, Monday, 30 Mar 1970
Mahlon D. Brown, 73, of 316 South Wayne St., died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at Clinic Hospital. Death, due to cancer, followed an illness of three years.
Born Dec. 8, 1896 in Grant County, he was a son of Charles and Clara Love Brown. His marriage to Mildred Beal, who survives, took place in 1919 at Warren.
Mr. Brown, a resident of Wells County 38 years, was a carpenter and a member of the First Baptist Church and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
Surviving are four sons, Marvin of Valparaiso, Robert of Marion, Larry of Franklin and Carl of St. Petersburg, Fla.; six daughters, Mrs. Maxine Baumann and Mrs. Richard (Helen) Schnitz, both of Decatur, Mrs. Donald (Bertha Jean) Malson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Scott (Doris) Alexander of Franklin, Mrs. Jerry (Linda) Higgins of Richardson, Tex., and Mrs. Phillip (Judith) Hoopingarner of Ossian.
A sister, Mrs. Gale (Nellie) Roe of Fort Wayne, 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Thoma Funeral Home.
The body will be taken at noon Wednesday to the First Baptist Church for services at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Joe Elliott will officiate and burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery in Huntington County.
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Father of Decatur ladies dies Sunday
Mahlon D. Brown, 73, of 316 South Wayne Street, Bluffton, father of two Decatur residents, died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at the Clinic Hospital in Bluffton, following a three-year illness of cancer.
He was born in Wells County Dec. 8, 1896, a son of Charles and Clara Love-Brown, and was married to Mildred Beal in 1919.
Mr. Brown, a retired carpenter, was a member of the First Baptist Church at Bluffton.
Surviving is his wife; four sons, Marvin of Valparaiso, Bob of Marion, Larry of Franklin, and Carl of St. Petersburg, Fla.; six daughters, Mrs. Maxine Baumann and Mrs. Richard (Helen) Schnitz, both of Decatur, Mrs. Donald (Bertha Jean) Malson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Scott (Doris) Alexander of Franklin, Mrs. Jerry (Linda) Higgins of Richards, Tex., and Mrs. Philip (Judith) Hoopingarner of Ossian; one sister, Mrs. Gale Roe of Fort Wayne; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 1:30 Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Bluffton, with Rev. Joe Elliott officiating. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County. Friends may call at the Thoma Funeral Home in Bluffton after 7 p.m. today and from noon Wednesday at the church until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Monday, March 30, 1970
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
BLUFFTON--Mahlon D. Brown, 73, Bluffton, died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at the Clinic Hospital, Bluffton. He had been ill for three years.
Mr. Brown was a retired carpenter.
He is survived by the widow, Mildred; five sons, including Robert Brown of Marion; six daughters, one sister, 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church in Bluffton. The Rev. Joe Elliott will officiate and burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County. Friends may call at the Thoma Funeral Home, Bluffton.
Huntington Herald-Press, Monday, 30 Mar 1970
Mahlon D. Brown, 73, died at 10:15 p.m. sunday at the Clinic Hospital, Bluffton, after an illness of three years.
He was born in Grant County on Dec. 8, 1896 to Charles and Clara Love Brown.
Surviving in addition to his wife the former Mildred Beal, are four sons, six daughters, one sister, 24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Thoma Funeral Home, Bluffton, from 7 p.m. Monday until noon Wednesday when the body will be moved the the Baptist Church Bluffton, for services at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Joe Elliott will officiate, and burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County.
Bluffton News-Banner, Monday, 30 Mar 1970
Mahlon D. Brown, 73, of 316 South Wayne St., died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at Clinic Hospital. Death, due to cancer, followed an illness of three years.
Born Dec. 8, 1896 in Grant County, he was a son of Charles and Clara Love Brown. His marriage to Mildred Beal, who survives, took place in 1919 at Warren.
Mr. Brown, a resident of Wells County 38 years, was a carpenter and a member of the First Baptist Church and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
Surviving are four sons, Marvin of Valparaiso, Robert of Marion, Larry of Franklin and Carl of St. Petersburg, Fla.; six daughters, Mrs. Maxine Baumann and Mrs. Richard (Helen) Schnitz, both of Decatur, Mrs. Donald (Bertha Jean) Malson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Scott (Doris) Alexander of Franklin, Mrs. Jerry (Linda) Higgins of Richardson, Tex., and Mrs. Phillip (Judith) Hoopingarner of Ossian.
A sister, Mrs. Gale (Nellie) Roe of Fort Wayne, 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Thoma Funeral Home.
The body will be taken at noon Wednesday to the First Baptist Church for services at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Joe Elliott will officiate and burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery in Huntington County.
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Father of Decatur ladies dies Sunday
Mahlon D. Brown, 73, of 316 South Wayne Street, Bluffton, father of two Decatur residents, died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at the Clinic Hospital in Bluffton, following a three-year illness of cancer.
He was born in Wells County Dec. 8, 1896, a son of Charles and Clara Love-Brown, and was married to Mildred Beal in 1919.
Mr. Brown, a retired carpenter, was a member of the First Baptist Church at Bluffton.
Surviving is his wife; four sons, Marvin of Valparaiso, Bob of Marion, Larry of Franklin, and Carl of St. Petersburg, Fla.; six daughters, Mrs. Maxine Baumann and Mrs. Richard (Helen) Schnitz, both of Decatur, Mrs. Donald (Bertha Jean) Malson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Scott (Doris) Alexander of Franklin, Mrs. Jerry (Linda) Higgins of Richards, Tex., and Mrs. Philip (Judith) Hoopingarner of Ossian; one sister, Mrs. Gale Roe of Fort Wayne; 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 1:30 Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Bluffton, with Rev. Joe Elliott officiating. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery, Huntington County. Friends may call at the Thoma Funeral Home in Bluffton after 7 p.m. today and from noon Wednesday at the church until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Monday, March 30, 1970
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
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