Clarissa Brown's obituary, Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

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Mrs. Clarissa Brown Dies at her home here Tuesday A. M.
Mother-in-law of Mayor A. T. Wright Had Been in Poor Health for Months

OWOSSO: 	Mrs. Clarissa Brown, mother-in-law of Mayor A. T. Wright, died
at her home on North Shiawassee street Tuesday after an illness of
several months.  Her condition had been critical for several days.  
Complication of diseases caused her death.
	The funeral will be held Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home,
Rev Dunning Idle officiating, Burial will take place at Oak Grove
cemetery west of the city.
	Mrs. Brown, nee Clarissa Love, was born in Norwalk, Ohio in 1854 and
grew up there.   She was educated at Oberlin college, and when a young
woman moved with her parents to Maple Rapids.   There she was married to
Eugene Brown in 1873 and they moved at once to Elsie where they resided
for 26 years.   In 1907 they purchased a farm five miles west of here
where they resided until 1912.   Shortly after their removal to Owosso
in that year, Mr. Brown died.   Mrs. Brown had lived there since.
	The deceased was a faithful member of the First M. E. church and a
Christian woman of high ideals., greatly loved and respected by all who
knew her.   She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edgar Bartholomew and
Mrs. A. T. Wright and one foster son, Bert Brown, all of this city.  
She also leaves two brothers, O. E. Love of Shepardsville and Addison A.
Love of St. Johns.