OBITUARY: Enida Brown, The Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) 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. ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earline Wasser January 2003 ********************************************************************************* The Dalles Chronicle January 29, 2003. Enida Brown Surnames: Brown, Smith, Kirkpatrick, McCracken, Lambie, Johnston, Rohweder, Clark Enida Brown, 100, a resident of The Dalles and a former long time White Salmon (Washington) resident, died at the hospital in The Dalles on January 25, 2003. She was born on September 18, 1902, in Alma, Nebraska, the fifth of seven children to Effa (Smith) and Edward Kirkpatrick. The family moved to Cambridge, Nebraska, while she was a baby and she lived there until the age of 12, when they moved to Paul, Idaho. She went to college in Albion, Idaho and received a teaching certificate, which she kept current over the years until she earned her degree, at age 50, from Central Washington college in Ellensburg. She taught school for 35 years. Her first job was at a country school near Hazelton, Idaho, where she taught with her sister, Ena. They were well-known as their father was state senator at the time. She then taught school in Trout Lake (Washington), where she met her husband-to-be. She taught in Minidoka, Idaho for three years. The rest of her teaching career was in Washington. She taught eight grades in Cedar Valley, Laurel and Mt. Brook. She taught first and second grades in Husum, then first grade in White Salmon for 20 years. She also taught Sunday school for many years at the Congregational Church. Later, she was a member of Grace Baptist Church then Calvary Baptist Church in The Dalles. She married Floyd Brown on April 23, 1926, in Paul, Idaho. They had three children. She liked cooking, baking, crocheting, tatting, knitting, playing pinochle and traveling. Survivors include her children, son, Harold, Seattle (Washington); daughter Nadine McCracken and her husband, Bob, The Dalles; daughter-in-law LaDean Brown and her son Darin Lambie, Longview, Washington; grandchildren, Corinne Johnston, Charleston, South Carolina; Dana Brown, Hazel Dell, Washington; Rick Rohweder and his wife, Julie, Ketchikan, Alaska; great-grandchildren Rochelle Johnston Clark and Tyler Johnston, both of Charleston; Logan and Skylur Rohweder, Ketchikan; brother-in-law Charles Brown and his wife, Nettie, Vancouver (Washington); and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by all her siblings, her husband of 64 years in 1990, and her son Dale in 1996. Funeral services will be held at Gardner Funeral Home at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 21 with interment following at the Trout Lake Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Jonah Ministries, 31 Little Mt. Road, Trout Lake, Washington 98650 or in care of Gardner Funeral Home who handled arrangements. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon