Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Gregory Walter  June 6, 1941
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The Rock Island Argus, Saturday June 7, 1941
Rapids City Autoist Succumbs

Greagory Brown Dies

Dies of Injuries

Gregory Brown, 44, of Rapids City, died about 5 o’clock last evening in Moline 
Lutheran hospital of injuries received in a head-on automobile crash Thursday 
night on route 80 in Rapids City. Mr. Brown’s body was removed to Wendt 
funeral home, Moline, where an inquest was scheduled today by Dr. J. W. Seids, 
Rock Island county coroner. The attending physician said death was caused by a 
basal skull fracture and shock.

Improvement in the condition of Arthur Hoover, 47, of Port Byron, and his 
daughter, Joyce, 12 injured in the same accident, was reported today. Both are 
in Lutheran hospital.

Born in Osborn

Gregory Walter Brown was born Oct 5, 1896, at Osborn Station, a son of Mr. And 
Mrs. John Brown. Attending Osborn school and Port Byron academy, he married 
Miss Olive Disher, June 1, 1920, in Clinton, Iowa. He served overseas in an 
ammunition train.

Surviving are the widow; his father, John Brown of Moline; two sons, Earl and 
Walter, both of Moline; two grandchildren; a brother Horace B. of East Moline; 
a sister, Mrs. Ruth Johnson of Detroit and a half-brother, John Brown, at 
home. His mother, a sister, Mrs. Alice Moegan, and brother, Earl, preceded him 
in death.

Funeral services for Mr. Brown will be at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon in Wendt 
Chapel, Moline. Burial will be in Weatherhead cemetery, Barstow.


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NOTE: Article speaks of two different automobile crash fatalities. Transcribed 
is only the parts related to the death of Gregory Brown

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