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Visitation:
A visitation will be held two hours prior to the
service at the church, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Service:
11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at the
Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
James R. “Jim” Brown, 79, of Mount Pulaski, passed
away at his home at 4:58 a.m. on Saturday, January
17, 2015.
Jim was born on October 31, 1935 in Mount Pulaski,
son of Samuel Leonard and Verna Anderson Brown. He
was united in marriage to Mary Hahn in September of
1957. She survives him in Mount Pulaski. Their union
produced three children: Mark (Gail) Brown of
Kalamazoo, MI, Jill (Mike) Saulsberry of Woodbridge,
CT, and Ann (Wayne) Cowan of Lexington, KY; five
grandchildren: Jeff and Carolyn Brown, Drew and Alex
Cowan, and Leah Saulsberry. He was preceded in death
by his parents, one sister and one brother.
Jim graduated from Millikin University in 1957 with
a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Industry. His
employment included real estate broker, time keeping
department of Clinton Power Plant, planned giving
counselor for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod,
and estimator for Lincolnland Graphics. Jim was an
active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Mount
Pulaski serving in various capacities: School board,
Sunday school superintendent, Elder and
Congregational Chairman. |
Services for Jim will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday,
January 24, 2015, at the Zion Lutheran Church in
Mount Pulaski with Rev. Glenn Stroschein and Rev.
Bruce LeKamp co-officiating. A visitation will be
held two hours prior to the service at the church
(9-11:00 a.m.). Burial will be at Mount Pulaski
Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Mount Pulaski
Zion Lutheran School or to the Zion Lutheran Church.
Arrangements are entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski.
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