Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Joseph E. April 20, 2003
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tues. April 22, 2003
Joseph E. Brown, 62, of Saranac passed away on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003.  
He was born December 15, 1940 in Ionia, the son of Edward H. and Sarah H. 
(McGannon) Brown.

Mr. Brown was a 1958 graduate of Ionia High School.  He was married to Janet 
Gooding from 1959 to 1975.  In 1980 he married Sandra Brooke and together he 
and Sandra established the Saranac Education Foundation to benefit the 
children of Saranac Community School.  He was a longtime partner in The Brown 
Corporation in Ionia with his father and brothers before retiring in 1993.  He 
was an avid golfer, fisherman and a friend to many people.

He was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother, Vivian; sons, Toby and 
Matthew, and a stepbrother, Daryl Lilly.

Surviving are his wife of 23 years, Sandra of Saranac; six children, Edward 
(Susan) Brown of Hudsonville, Joseph (Tonya) Brown Jr. of Fenwick, Michael, 
James, Bartley and Adam Brown all of Saranac; five grandchildren, Alexander, 
Leslie, Andrew, Nicholas and Ann Brown; two brothers, Charles (Kathleen) Brown 
of East Grand Rapids, and Richard Brown of Ada; four sisters, Ann (Tom) Scovel 
of Grandville, Mary Wilkinson of Grand Rapids, Pat Swaska, and Olive Brown 
both of New York; stepsister Ruth (Fred) Slager; and step sister-in-law Sally 
Lilly; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Martin Culver, Pastor, at 1 p.m. 
Friday at First United Methodist Church, 105 E. Main Street, Ionia, with 
interment following at Balcom Cemetery, Ionia.  The family will receive 
friends at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Cook Chapel, 220 Rich Street, 
Ionia, form 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 
8:30 p.m. Thursday.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to either the Ionia 
County Literacy Council or Saranac Community Schools Library Fund in memory of 
Joseph E. Brown.



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