SPRINGFIELD - Gloria M. Brown, 88, of Springfield died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at St. John's Hospital.
She was born Feb. 23, 1918, in Chillicothe, the daughter of John and Pearl Cook. She married Frank Brown; he died in 1974. Two children also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brown retired from S.S. Kresge Co. in 1975. She attended South Side Christian Church.
Survivors: three sons, Raymond (wife, Nancy) and Marshall (wife, Peggy) Pressler, both of Springfield, and Robert (wife, Kim) Pressler of Riverton; three daughters, Franky Sue Brown and Martha Beck, both of Springfield, and Shirley Cox of Valparaiso, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Donna Cottingham and Joyce (husband, Jack) Cook, both of Springfield; 24 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home. Burial: Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
March 1, 2006 | State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Page: 24 | Section: LOCAL
She was born Feb. 23, 1918, in Chillicothe, the daughter of John and Pearl Cook. She married Frank Brown; he died in 1974. Two children also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brown retired from S.S. Kresge Co. in 1975. She attended South Side Christian Church.
Survivors: three sons, Raymond (wife, Nancy) and Marshall (wife, Peggy) Pressler, both of Springfield, and Robert (wife, Kim) Pressler of Riverton; three daughters, Franky Sue Brown and Martha Beck, both of Springfield, and Shirley Cox of Valparaiso, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Donna Cottingham and Joyce (husband, Jack) Cook, both of Springfield; 24 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home. Burial: Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
March 1, 2006 | State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Page: 24 | Section: LOCAL
SPRINGFIELD - Gloria M. Brown, 88, of Springfield died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at St. John's Hospital.
She was born Feb. 23, 1918, in Chillicothe, the daughter of John and Pearl Cook. She married Frank Brown; he died in 1974. Two children also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brown retired from S.S. Kresge Co. in 1975. She attended South Side Christian Church.
Survivors: three sons, Raymond (wife, Nancy) and Marshall (wife, Peggy) Pressler, both of Springfield, and Robert (wife, Kim) Pressler of Riverton; three daughters, Franky Sue Brown and Martha Beck, both of Springfield, and Shirley Cox of Valparaiso, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Donna Cottingham and Joyce (husband, Jack) Cook, both of Springfield; 24 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home. Burial: Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
March 1, 2006 | State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Page: 24 | Section: LOCAL
She was born Feb. 23, 1918, in Chillicothe, the daughter of John and Pearl Cook. She married Frank Brown; he died in 1974. Two children also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Brown retired from S.S. Kresge Co. in 1975. She attended South Side Christian Church.
Survivors: three sons, Raymond (wife, Nancy) and Marshall (wife, Peggy) Pressler, both of Springfield, and Robert (wife, Kim) Pressler of Riverton; three daughters, Franky Sue Brown and Martha Beck, both of Springfield, and Shirley Cox of Valparaiso, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Donna Cottingham and Joyce (husband, Jack) Cook, both of Springfield; 24 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home. Burial: Pleasant Plains Cemetery.
March 1, 2006 | State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL)
Page: 24 | Section: LOCAL
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