Arley Brown

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Arley Brown

Birth
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Death
27 Dec 1958 (aged 47)
Joliet, Will County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lockport, Will County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Funeral for Crash Victim to be Tuesday

(From the Herald-News, Joliet, Illinois, Monday, December 29, 1958 (Pg. 2))

Funeral services for Arley Brown, age 43 [actually 47] of 701 E. 7th Street, Lockport, who died Saturday night at Silver Cross Hospital as a result of injuries suffered Friday in an automobile accident near Manhattan, will be Tuesday afternoon.

The funeral will be at 1:30 o'clock from the Goodale Funeral Home, Lockport, to the First Congregational Church at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. George Moulthrop will officiate. Burial will be in the Lockport City Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from 7 to 10 p.m.

Mr. Brown was the second victim to die as a result of the crash at the Manhattan-Monee and Cedar Roads. Killed also was Mrs. Velma Miller, 45, of Route 1, Peotone. Her husband and Mr. Brown's wife were injured in the accident. Mrs. Brown, a home economics instructor at the Joliet Township High School, is in Silver Cross Hospital.

Mr. Brown was born at Bedford, Indiana, March 20, 1915. A construction worker, he lived in Kankakee and Joliet before moving to Lockport six years ago. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the John Olson Post, American Legion at Lockport.

Besides his widow, the former Leona Echternach, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mathilda [sic.] Brown of Bedford; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Stancombe, Mrs. Vena Bridwell and Mrs. Edna Hanners, all of Bedford; and four brothers, Harley, his twin, Fred and Wilford, all of Bedford and Frank of Medora, Indiana; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral for Crash Victim to be Tuesday

(From the Herald-News, Joliet, Illinois, Monday, December 29, 1958 (Pg. 2))

Funeral services for Arley Brown, age 43 [actually 47] of 701 E. 7th Street, Lockport, who died Saturday night at Silver Cross Hospital as a result of injuries suffered Friday in an automobile accident near Manhattan, will be Tuesday afternoon.

The funeral will be at 1:30 o'clock from the Goodale Funeral Home, Lockport, to the First Congregational Church at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. George Moulthrop will officiate. Burial will be in the Lockport City Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from 7 to 10 p.m.

Mr. Brown was the second victim to die as a result of the crash at the Manhattan-Monee and Cedar Roads. Killed also was Mrs. Velma Miller, 45, of Route 1, Peotone. Her husband and Mr. Brown's wife were injured in the accident. Mrs. Brown, a home economics instructor at the Joliet Township High School, is in Silver Cross Hospital.

Mr. Brown was born at Bedford, Indiana, March 20, 1915. A construction worker, he lived in Kankakee and Joliet before moving to Lockport six years ago. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the John Olson Post, American Legion at Lockport.

Besides his widow, the former Leona Echternach, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mathilda [sic.] Brown of Bedford; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Stancombe, Mrs. Vena Bridwell and Mrs. Edna Hanners, all of Bedford; and four brothers, Harley, his twin, Fred and Wilford, all of Bedford and Frank of Medora, Indiana; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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