San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Brown, Violet Dee January 31 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@sbcglobal.com February 4, 2005, 12:07 pm The Record February 3, 2005 Stockton Violet Dee Brown June 8, 1911 - January 31, 2005 Violet Dee Brown, of Stockton, a retired business woman, age 93 years, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2005, in Lodi. Mrs. Brown was born in 1911 in Vinita, Oklahoma. She came to Stockton in 1934 and lived here until the last few months. She and her late husband, Harry M. Brown, were co-owners with Joyce and Oliver Mahin in Brown & Mahin Department Stores. They had 5 stores at one time. Mrs. Brown was in the retail business for thirty six years, as a sales person, office manager, buyer and store manager. She was manager of the Manteca store when she retired in 1967. In 1970 she joined the Elkhorn Country Club and became an avid golfer. She resigned from the club in 1998 due to health. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry M. Brown; 5 brothers, Charles Isbell, Harold Isbell, Clifford Isbell, Milton Isbell, Robert Isbell and 2 sisters, Margaret Moore and Virginia Hindman. She is survived by a son, Kenneth Martin of Acampo, CA; stepson, Harry Brown of Denver, CO; stepdaughter, Barbara Knop of Santa Rosa, CA; brother, William Isbell Sr. of Stockton, CA, brother, Edward Isbell of Angels Camp, CA. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and many treasured friends. At her request, no services will be held, and inurnment will be in Cherokee Memorial Park in Lodi. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made in her memory to St. Mary's Interfaith Dining Room, P.O. Box 133, Stockton, CA 95203, or to the American Heart Association, 1212 W. Robinhood Drive, Suite 5-D, Stockton, CA 95207. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob5273brown.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb