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Mary Brown Obituary

Brown, Mary K. of Oak Park, devoted daughter of the late George H. and Katherine (nee Boyd) Brown and step-daughter of the late Bridget nee Gallagher Brown; loving sister of the late George E. Brown, she is survived by her Niles, IL, family relatives including her dear sister-in-law of Kathryn A. Brown, fond aunt of Edward, Kathy, Jeannie, James, Thomas, Timothy and William Brown and Terry Waldrup, Patty Bryant and Nancy Bobbit; great-aunt of many. Miss Brown was a teacher, coach and athletic director at Oak Park and River Forest High School from 1953 until her retirement in 1985. A Memorial Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at St. Edmund Church, 188 S. Oak Park Av., Oak Park. Private interment was held at All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, 1140 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607 are appreciated. Funeral info: Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home. 708-383-3191.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times from Apr. 2 to Apr. 7, 2006.

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Jayne Gould Poplett

April 8, 2006

Many members of our family had Mrs. Brown as a teacher and we all loved her .She was a magnificent person.

Lavon and Earl Corrigan

April 2, 2006

To the nieces and nephews of whom Mary K. was so proud. We worked at the OPRFHS 25 years with Mary K. and shared her pride of family with each other. Lavon's first contact with Mary K. was as a new Dean to the school Mary K. welcomed her with a gift of an athletic whistle to keep those kids in line!)and her warm wishes for a happy stay at OPRFHS. As the years progressed Mary K. spent part of summer vacations with Lavon at a cabin in Colorado with other friends from the staff of OPRFHS. Earl served on many committees with Mary K -- always very positive and ending with a sense of accomplishment. The OPRFHS students we all shared were all the richer for having had Mary K. as a teacher! We (Lavon and Earl) have lost a very important friend.



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