Diane Marcia Brown, loving wife and mother, went to be with Jesus on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the age of 61.
The daughter of David and Dorothy Milholland, she was born in Anacortes, Washington on July 13, 1950. Diane grew up in the Dewey Beach area of Anacortes.
At age five she accepted Jesus as her Savior and attended Sunday school there. Throughout the years her faith never wavered. Through her school years she was well liked by her friends and teachers. Diane also worked while in school taking care of her neighbors' children.
After high school she attended Skagit Valley College, receiving her Associate of Arts Degree, and while there, she also got talked into playing field hockey.
Diane worked in many places the next several years where she continued learning many culinary skills and developed a love of traveling and seeing God's wonders. While in New Zealand, she worked at a tea shop and bakery, making friends and learning about a new culture.
The next stop took her to Victoria, B.C., where she continued to learn more about loving people and baking.
Diane returned to Anacortes where she worked as a waitress and later to Burlington to an egg packaging plant. During all these adventures she was reading and studying her Bible, praying and devoting herself to her Lord Jesus.
In March of 1981 Diane met Ed Brown and they were married on September 19th of that same year and a new life began at the old Church parsonage. Two years later Joshua was born - what a wonderful mother - then four years later, Andrew was born. Diane loved motherhood and being a wife. She was a wonderful mother, wife, cook, baker, homemaker, and friend to so many.
After her boys got out of grade school, she homeschooled her son Josh for a year, then later taught kindergarten and preschool at Viewcrest and Foothills Christian Schools, where she was loved by many children and teachers.
Diane loved to travel. She went across Canada by train with her aunt right after graduating from high school, went to Washington D.C. with her church group to pray, went to England to spend time with her brother and stopped in Ireland also, and every summer in between went on camping and car trips to see our beautiful local scenery and national parks.
Diane had wonderful qualities. She was thoughtful and considerate, remembering so many birthdays, helping out at church as treasurer and deaconess, and volunteering in so many other ways, one, being a birthing coach for many young mothers.
Diane loved the Lord in her daily life she spent time just about every morning in devotions, extended prayer time along with journaling; noting the results for the lives of many. Diane loved to worship Jesus not only in prayer, but in singing too, as she wrote songs and poems to Him!
Diane was preceded in death by her father, David R. Milholland.
She is survived by her husband, Ed of Burlington; her son, Joshua Brown and wife, Mandy of Detroit, Michigan and son, Andrew Brown and wife, Sara of Mount Vernon, Washington; her mother, Dorothy Milholland of Burlington, Washington; brother, Dwight Milholland and wife, Mary of Covington, Washington; nephew, Myles Milholland of Ballard, Washington; niece, Dallas Milholland of Macomb, Illinois; her uncle, Phil; and many cousins.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at Fernhill Cemetery in Anacortes.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at North Cascade Christian Fellowship Church in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
It was always a dream of Diane's to go to Africa, and hold the little HIV babies in the orphanages. Memorials may be made to the North Cascades Christian Fellowship Church, 118 North Ball Street, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 and in the memo section write Malawi, Africa or Diane Brown/African babies.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, WA and the San Juan Islands.
Published in Skagit Valley Herald Publishing Company on December 8, 2011
The daughter of David and Dorothy Milholland, she was born in Anacortes, Washington on July 13, 1950. Diane grew up in the Dewey Beach area of Anacortes.
At age five she accepted Jesus as her Savior and attended Sunday school there. Throughout the years her faith never wavered. Through her school years she was well liked by her friends and teachers. Diane also worked while in school taking care of her neighbors' children.
After high school she attended Skagit Valley College, receiving her Associate of Arts Degree, and while there, she also got talked into playing field hockey.
Diane worked in many places the next several years where she continued learning many culinary skills and developed a love of traveling and seeing God's wonders. While in New Zealand, she worked at a tea shop and bakery, making friends and learning about a new culture.
The next stop took her to Victoria, B.C., where she continued to learn more about loving people and baking.
Diane returned to Anacortes where she worked as a waitress and later to Burlington to an egg packaging plant. During all these adventures she was reading and studying her Bible, praying and devoting herself to her Lord Jesus.
In March of 1981 Diane met Ed Brown and they were married on September 19th of that same year and a new life began at the old Church parsonage. Two years later Joshua was born - what a wonderful mother - then four years later, Andrew was born. Diane loved motherhood and being a wife. She was a wonderful mother, wife, cook, baker, homemaker, and friend to so many.
After her boys got out of grade school, she homeschooled her son Josh for a year, then later taught kindergarten and preschool at Viewcrest and Foothills Christian Schools, where she was loved by many children and teachers.
Diane loved to travel. She went across Canada by train with her aunt right after graduating from high school, went to Washington D.C. with her church group to pray, went to England to spend time with her brother and stopped in Ireland also, and every summer in between went on camping and car trips to see our beautiful local scenery and national parks.
Diane had wonderful qualities. She was thoughtful and considerate, remembering so many birthdays, helping out at church as treasurer and deaconess, and volunteering in so many other ways, one, being a birthing coach for many young mothers.
Diane loved the Lord in her daily life she spent time just about every morning in devotions, extended prayer time along with journaling; noting the results for the lives of many. Diane loved to worship Jesus not only in prayer, but in singing too, as she wrote songs and poems to Him!
Diane was preceded in death by her father, David R. Milholland.
She is survived by her husband, Ed of Burlington; her son, Joshua Brown and wife, Mandy of Detroit, Michigan and son, Andrew Brown and wife, Sara of Mount Vernon, Washington; her mother, Dorothy Milholland of Burlington, Washington; brother, Dwight Milholland and wife, Mary of Covington, Washington; nephew, Myles Milholland of Ballard, Washington; niece, Dallas Milholland of Macomb, Illinois; her uncle, Phil; and many cousins.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at Fernhill Cemetery in Anacortes.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at North Cascade Christian Fellowship Church in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
It was always a dream of Diane's to go to Africa, and hold the little HIV babies in the orphanages. Memorials may be made to the North Cascades Christian Fellowship Church, 118 North Ball Street, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 and in the memo section write Malawi, Africa or Diane Brown/African babies.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, WA and the San Juan Islands.
Published in Skagit Valley Herald Publishing Company on December 8, 2011
Diane Marcia Brown, loving wife and mother, went to be with Jesus on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the age of 61.
The daughter of David and Dorothy Milholland, she was born in Anacortes, Washington on July 13, 1950. Diane grew up in the Dewey Beach area of Anacortes.
At age five she accepted Jesus as her Savior and attended Sunday school there. Throughout the years her faith never wavered. Through her school years she was well liked by her friends and teachers. Diane also worked while in school taking care of her neighbors' children.
After high school she attended Skagit Valley College, receiving her Associate of Arts Degree, and while there, she also got talked into playing field hockey.
Diane worked in many places the next several years where she continued learning many culinary skills and developed a love of traveling and seeing God's wonders. While in New Zealand, she worked at a tea shop and bakery, making friends and learning about a new culture.
The next stop took her to Victoria, B.C., where she continued to learn more about loving people and baking.
Diane returned to Anacortes where she worked as a waitress and later to Burlington to an egg packaging plant. During all these adventures she was reading and studying her Bible, praying and devoting herself to her Lord Jesus.
In March of 1981 Diane met Ed Brown and they were married on September 19th of that same year and a new life began at the old Church parsonage. Two years later Joshua was born - what a wonderful mother - then four years later, Andrew was born. Diane loved motherhood and being a wife. She was a wonderful mother, wife, cook, baker, homemaker, and friend to so many.
After her boys got out of grade school, she homeschooled her son Josh for a year, then later taught kindergarten and preschool at Viewcrest and Foothills Christian Schools, where she was loved by many children and teachers.
Diane loved to travel. She went across Canada by train with her aunt right after graduating from high school, went to Washington D.C. with her church group to pray, went to England to spend time with her brother and stopped in Ireland also, and every summer in between went on camping and car trips to see our beautiful local scenery and national parks.
Diane had wonderful qualities. She was thoughtful and considerate, remembering so many birthdays, helping out at church as treasurer and deaconess, and volunteering in so many other ways, one, being a birthing coach for many young mothers.
Diane loved the Lord in her daily life she spent time just about every morning in devotions, extended prayer time along with journaling; noting the results for the lives of many. Diane loved to worship Jesus not only in prayer, but in singing too, as she wrote songs and poems to Him!
Diane was preceded in death by her father, David R. Milholland.
She is survived by her husband, Ed of Burlington; her son, Joshua Brown and wife, Mandy of Detroit, Michigan and son, Andrew Brown and wife, Sara of Mount Vernon, Washington; her mother, Dorothy Milholland of Burlington, Washington; brother, Dwight Milholland and wife, Mary of Covington, Washington; nephew, Myles Milholland of Ballard, Washington; niece, Dallas Milholland of Macomb, Illinois; her uncle, Phil; and many cousins.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at Fernhill Cemetery in Anacortes.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at North Cascade Christian Fellowship Church in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
It was always a dream of Diane's to go to Africa, and hold the little HIV babies in the orphanages. Memorials may be made to the North Cascades Christian Fellowship Church, 118 North Ball Street, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 and in the memo section write Malawi, Africa or Diane Brown/African babies.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, WA and the San Juan Islands.
Published in Skagit Valley Herald Publishing Company on December 8, 2011
The daughter of David and Dorothy Milholland, she was born in Anacortes, Washington on July 13, 1950. Diane grew up in the Dewey Beach area of Anacortes.
At age five she accepted Jesus as her Savior and attended Sunday school there. Throughout the years her faith never wavered. Through her school years she was well liked by her friends and teachers. Diane also worked while in school taking care of her neighbors' children.
After high school she attended Skagit Valley College, receiving her Associate of Arts Degree, and while there, she also got talked into playing field hockey.
Diane worked in many places the next several years where she continued learning many culinary skills and developed a love of traveling and seeing God's wonders. While in New Zealand, she worked at a tea shop and bakery, making friends and learning about a new culture.
The next stop took her to Victoria, B.C., where she continued to learn more about loving people and baking.
Diane returned to Anacortes where she worked as a waitress and later to Burlington to an egg packaging plant. During all these adventures she was reading and studying her Bible, praying and devoting herself to her Lord Jesus.
In March of 1981 Diane met Ed Brown and they were married on September 19th of that same year and a new life began at the old Church parsonage. Two years later Joshua was born - what a wonderful mother - then four years later, Andrew was born. Diane loved motherhood and being a wife. She was a wonderful mother, wife, cook, baker, homemaker, and friend to so many.
After her boys got out of grade school, she homeschooled her son Josh for a year, then later taught kindergarten and preschool at Viewcrest and Foothills Christian Schools, where she was loved by many children and teachers.
Diane loved to travel. She went across Canada by train with her aunt right after graduating from high school, went to Washington D.C. with her church group to pray, went to England to spend time with her brother and stopped in Ireland also, and every summer in between went on camping and car trips to see our beautiful local scenery and national parks.
Diane had wonderful qualities. She was thoughtful and considerate, remembering so many birthdays, helping out at church as treasurer and deaconess, and volunteering in so many other ways, one, being a birthing coach for many young mothers.
Diane loved the Lord in her daily life she spent time just about every morning in devotions, extended prayer time along with journaling; noting the results for the lives of many. Diane loved to worship Jesus not only in prayer, but in singing too, as she wrote songs and poems to Him!
Diane was preceded in death by her father, David R. Milholland.
She is survived by her husband, Ed of Burlington; her son, Joshua Brown and wife, Mandy of Detroit, Michigan and son, Andrew Brown and wife, Sara of Mount Vernon, Washington; her mother, Dorothy Milholland of Burlington, Washington; brother, Dwight Milholland and wife, Mary of Covington, Washington; nephew, Myles Milholland of Ballard, Washington; niece, Dallas Milholland of Macomb, Illinois; her uncle, Phil; and many cousins.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at Fernhill Cemetery in Anacortes.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011 at North Cascade Christian Fellowship Church in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
It was always a dream of Diane's to go to Africa, and hold the little HIV babies in the orphanages. Memorials may be made to the North Cascades Christian Fellowship Church, 118 North Ball Street, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 and in the memo section write Malawi, Africa or Diane Brown/African babies.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, WA and the San Juan Islands.
Published in Skagit Valley Herald Publishing Company on December 8, 2011
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