Irene
Irene N Brown
d. October 10, 2010
Irene N Brown
Canisteo
Irene N Brown, 82, of 6 Spruce Street, passed away peacefully, Sunday (October 10, 2010) at St. James Hospital.
Born in Canisteo, May 9, 1928, the daughter of Ralph and Mary VanZile Brown, she was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Canisteo Central School. Irene was retired from the former Canisteo Furniture and Appliance Store as an office manager, and had answered the phones and was secretary for the funeral homes for many years. She was a member of the Canisteo Wesleyan Church, where she had been a choir member, Sunday school teacher, a board member and lay reader, and had served on the Canisteo Woodlawn Cemetery board for many years. Irene was a longtime New York Yankees fan, and was a huge animal lover especially cats. She will be remembered for her kind, giving and caring nature.
She was predeceased by her parents and her sister Margaret "Red" Acker in 2010.
She is survived by her brother Gerald Brown of Canisteo, a niece Patricia (Tom) Cline of Wellsville, 2 nephews Robert (Dawn Debock) Acker of Hornell, William (Sally) Acker of Bolivar, as well as many great nieces, and nephews, many adopted children, and her 3 cats Minnie, Katrina, and Mr. Gold.
The family will be present 3-7pm Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at the Canisteo Wesleyan Church, where Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM, with the Rev. Donald Maynard officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
To send a remembrance visit www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com
Friends may make memorial contributions to: Hornell Area Humane Society PO Box 533 Hornell, NY 14843, or the Canisteo Wesleyan Church Building Fund 25 Greenwood Street, Canisteo NY 14823.
Canisteo
Irene N Brown, 82, of 6 Spruce Street, passed away peacefully, Sunday (October 10, 2010) at St. James Hospital.
Born in Canisteo, May 9, 1928, the daughter of Ralph and Mary VanZile Brown, she was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Canisteo Central School. Irene was retired from the former Canisteo Furniture and Appliance Store as an office manager, and had answered the phones and was secretary for the funeral homes for many years. She was a member of the Canisteo Wesleyan Church, where she had been a choir member, Sunday school teacher, a board member and lay reader, and had served on the Canisteo Woodlawn Cemetery board for many years. Irene was a longtime New York Yankees fan, and was a huge animal lover especially cats. She will be remembered for her kind, giving and caring nature.
She was predeceased by her parents and her sister Margaret "Red" Acker in 2010.
She is survived by her brother Gerald Brown of Canisteo, a niece Patricia (Tom) Cline of Wellsville, 2 nephews Robert (Dawn Debock) Acker of Hornell, William (Sally) Acker of Bolivar, as well as many great nieces, and nephews, many adopted children, and her 3 cats Minnie, Katrina, and Mr. Gold.
The family will be present 3-7pm Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at the Canisteo Wesleyan Church, where Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM, with the Rev. Donald Maynard officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
To send a remembrance visit www.brownandpowersfuneralhomes.com
Friends may make memorial contributions to: Hornell Area Humane Society PO Box 533 Hornell, NY 14843, or the Canisteo Wesleyan Church Building Fund 25 Greenwood Street, Canisteo NY 14823.
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