Jean M. Brown, 68
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Mabel Brown, 68, of 3 Cherokee Drive died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital.
Born in Adams on April 16, 1936, daughter of Mary "Mabel" Dupras Carrier Knapp of North Adams and the late Wilfred Henry Carrier, she attended the former St. Joseph's Elementary School.
Mrs. Brown was employed by the former F.W. Woolworth's and the former Sprague Electric Co.
She was a communicant of St. Francis' Church and enjoyed walking and mountain climbing. She was a devoted mother and homemaker and a longtime volunteer for families in need of help.
Her husband, William Nelson Brown, a city firefighter whom she married Sept. 29, 1956, in St. Francis' Church, died Aug. 24, 1965.
Besides her mother, she leaves four daughters, Barbara Jean Heikkinen of Oxford, Maine, Christine Ann Therrien of Monroe Bridge, Beverly Marie Brown of Mesa, Ariz., and Kelly Anne Thompson of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; a son, Mark Wilfred Brown of North Adams; a sister, Rita DeMarco of North Adams; two brothers, Wilfred Carrier of Palmyra, Va., and Donald Carrier of Eaton, N.Y.; 14 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a grandson, Mark Andrew Brown.
FUNERAL NOTICE — Services for Mrs. Brown will be held Wednesday at 10:15 at FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, Central Chapels, 74 Marshall St., North Adams, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 at St. Francis of Assisi Church.
Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams. Calling hours will be tomorrow, Oct. 5, from 3 to 7 at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested for the Marian Fathers through the funeral home.