July 28, 1999

RUTH BROWN

PERRYVILLE -- Ruth M. "Laura" Brown, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 8, 1912, at St. Mary, daughter of Andrew and Rose Blandford Lawrence. She and Martin F. Brown were married May 23, 1933. He died Dec. 21, 1970...

PERRYVILLE -- Ruth M. "Laura" Brown, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, July 25, 1999, at Perry County Memorial Hospital.

She was born Nov. 8, 1912, at St. Mary, daughter of Andrew and Rose Blandford Lawrence. She and Martin F. Brown were married May 23, 1933. He died Dec. 21, 1970.

Brown was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at Silver Lake.

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Survivors include nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. today, and Thursday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in St. Louis from 9:30-10 a.m. A wake service will be held at 7 tonight.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church. The Rev. Richard Creason will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.

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