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Oliva <I>Atherton</I> Brown

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Oliva Atherton Brown

Birth
Bancroft, Shiawassee County, Michigan, USA
Death
9 Jan 1975 (aged 104)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
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Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
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Birth and death dates and locations are from the California Death Index Records, [and, United States Social Security Death Index/U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007/U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current - courtesy the work done by Earl Richard Sutton, January 29, 2021.]
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The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California) 11 Jan 1975, Saturday Page 4: Obituaries. Chico Resident, Oliva Brown, At 104. CHICO – Funeral services for Oliva Brown, who would have been 105 years old in March, will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Chico Funeral Home. Mrs. Brown died Thursday in a local convalescent hospital.

A native of Michigan, she had operated boarding houses in Michigan and in Portola, Plumas County. She also farmed with her first husband, Seth Kimball McCollum, whom she married when she was 15. She also had worked for the Feather River Lumber Co. McCollum died in 1920.

In 1924, she married a Portola painter and decorator, Henry Brown, and they moved to Chico in 1932. He preceded her in death in 1960.

Mrs. Brown was a 40-year member of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary. Survivors include a foster daughter Hazel Gard of Sacramento, and several nieces and nephews.
Birth and death dates and locations are from the California Death Index Records, [and, United States Social Security Death Index/U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007/U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current - courtesy the work done by Earl Richard Sutton, January 29, 2021.]
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The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California) 11 Jan 1975, Saturday Page 4: Obituaries. Chico Resident, Oliva Brown, At 104. CHICO – Funeral services for Oliva Brown, who would have been 105 years old in March, will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Chico Funeral Home. Mrs. Brown died Thursday in a local convalescent hospital.

A native of Michigan, she had operated boarding houses in Michigan and in Portola, Plumas County. She also farmed with her first husband, Seth Kimball McCollum, whom she married when she was 15. She also had worked for the Feather River Lumber Co. McCollum died in 1920.

In 1924, she married a Portola painter and decorator, Henry Brown, and they moved to Chico in 1932. He preceded her in death in 1960.

Mrs. Brown was a 40-year member of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary. Survivors include a foster daughter Hazel Gard of Sacramento, and several nieces and nephews.

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  • Created by: Adriana
  • Added: Jul 4, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93043431/oliva-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Oliva Atherton Brown (1 Mar 1870–9 Jan 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93043431, citing Chico Memorial Mausoleum and Crematory, Chico, Butte County, California, USA; Maintained by Adriana (contributor 47328225).