Obit of Irene Marie Brownen (b655) - Caddo County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandy Miller 17 Sep 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== 7 Jun 2001 Unknown source Irene Marie Brownen June 6, 2001 Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, 08-Jun-2001 in the Steverson Funeral Home Chapel in Anadarko for Irene Marie Brownen. Mrs. Brownen, 90, of Anadarko died Wednesday, 06-Jun-2001 in Grady Memorial Hospital in Chickasha, Ok. Burial will be in Binger's Murray Cemetery under the direction of the Steverson Funeral Home. Mrs. Brownen was born 15-Mar-1911 in the Spring Creek community near Gracemont, Ok. to Bob and Willie Agnes (Collins) Eldredge. She married William Harvey Brownen in the late 1920's. She grew up in the Spring Creek and rural Anadarko areas and attended Spring Creek school. She and her husband resided in Anadarko until his employment at the Granite Reformatory at Granite, Ok. in the mid 1940's. The couple moved back to Anadarko after his retirement. She was employed by several nursing homes and worked as a private caregiver. She had been a resident of the Binger Nursing Home for the last three years and was a member of the Church of Christ. She enjoyed playing dominoes, Wahoo and card games. She also enjoyed reading her Bible until her eyesight failed. Preceding her in death were her husband in 1975; her parents; her son, Raymon Brownen in 1963; three sisters, Josephine Matthews, Pearl Schoonover, and Mable Barber; and three brothers, Charlie, Robert and Henry Eldredge. Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Dora Jean Brownen of Binger; two grandsons, Dennis Brownen and his wife, Delouise, of Binger and Richard Brownen and his wife, Traci, of Minco; one granddaughter, Lisa King and her husband Gary of Binger; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one sister, Agnes Cooper of California; one brother-in-law, Paul Barber of Anadarko and numerous nieces, nephews and loving friends.