Helen L. (Marquis) Brown

Jun 10, 1914 - Aug 30, 1979

Helen L. Brown, 65, of 1043 VanBuren, died at 6:10 a.m. Thursday in Healthwin Hospital after a seven week illness. She was born in Elkhart County, on June 10, 1914, and had lived in South Bend for 64 years.

As Helen Marquis, she married George L. Brown on April 11, 1936. He died on Feb. 11, 1970.

Surviving are a daughter, Ms. Cheryl D. Johnson of South Bend; a son, Terry J. of South Bend, and six grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 1201 S. Michigan. Rev. Charles Reed, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, of which she was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, IN, 31 Aug 1979

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