OBIT: Alverta E. (WINGROVE) BROWN, 1999, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BROWN
  
    Alverta E. Brown, 95, of Acme died Dec. 27, 1999 in Highlands
  Hospital, Connellsville.  Born Dec. 15, 1904 in Wooddale, a daughter
  of the late Harry and Belle Brothers Wingrove.  Early in her life
  Alverta taught school in the Buchannan, Bear Rocks and Rich Hills
  schools.  She attended the former California Normal School and was a
  member of the Appalachian Wagon Trail, a life member of the Wooddale
  Grange and an honorary member of the Horse and Mule Association.  In
  addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Earl E.
  Brown; three sons: Dale, Dean and Jack Brown; one daughter, Audrey
  Brown and a daughter-in-law, Arlene Brown; brothers: Clarence and
  William Wingrove; sisters: Nellie Wingrove and Elva Wadsworth and a
  nephew, William Wingrove.  Survived by four children: Geneva Brown
  and her husband Gilbert of Greensburg; Zane Brown and his wife,
  Arlene of Acme; Thomas Brown and his wire, Vera of Acme; and Sally
  Brown of Acme; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; one
  brother, Elwood Wingrove and his wife, Margaret, of Wooddale. 
  Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2-9 p.m.
  Thursday at Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., 406 E. Washington St., Mount
  Pleasant, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, with
  Rev. Elam Bender officiating.  Interment, Brown Cemetery, Saltlick
  Township.
  
  Daily American, December 29, 1999
  
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