OBITUARY: Lorraine Dorothy (Ketelsen) Brush, c1918-2005, Mitchell Co., Iowa

Originally Posted on www.mcpress.com June 15, 2005 -- Edited by IaGenWeb




                      Lorraine Dorothy Ketelsen Brush

Lorraine Brush, 87, formerly of Osage, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005 in
Grants Pass, Oregon.

Lorraine was born and raised in Mitchell County, Iowa, and moved West in
1943. She lived and worked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho for 49 years. She worked
as a secretary and office manager until her retirement in 1977. After her
husband, Avery Brush, also formerly of Osage, died in 1992, she moved to
Livermore, Calif. She lived there for 10 years before moving to Grants Pass,
Oregon, in 2003.

She is survived by her daughter Cindy English and son-in-law Ed English
of Grants Pass, Ore., granddaughters Amy Sessums of Springfield, Ore.,
and Katy Kendall of Carson City, Nev., and five great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Avery S. Brush, December,
1992.

A memorial service was held June 4th at Hull and Hull Funeral Chapel in
Grants Pass, Oregon.



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