Aug. 16, 1935 – Nov. 18, 2018
Patsy Ann Brown, 83, of Lebanon and a longtime Sweet Home resident, passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018.
She was born on Aug. 16, 1935 in Marenisco, Mich., the daughter of Eino and Dorotha Susanna (Curl) Saily. Her family moved to Sweet Home when she was 12.
She also lived in Alaska and Washington, as well as Cascadia, Brownsville and Lebanon.
Patsy married Stan Reck and they had three children. They later divorced. She later met Buryl M. Brown and they married in 1984.
She was Queen of her Red Hat Society. She was a member of the Sweet Home VFW Ladies Auxiliary, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sweet Home Genealogical Society. She spent many hours doing genealogy and family history.
She owned a candy shop, Pat’s Fancy Sweets. She was involved in Boy Scouts. She loved going to yard sales and collecting things, especially bears.
Patsy is survived by her daughters, Melinda Johnson of Sweet Home, and Lucille and her husband Matt Oeder of Albany; sister Helen and her husband Rod Ewan of Jefferson; eight grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Buryl Brown, in 2007; sons Walter S. Reck in 2011 and Baby George E. Reck in 1952.
The family would like to thank her dear friends Marcia and Brian McCormick, her Red Hat Society family, and Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House for their care and love.
Viewing will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lebanon. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Committal will be at 2:30 p.m. at Gilliland Ceme-tery in Sweet Home.
Memorial contributions can be made in her name to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice or Sweet Home Genealogical Society.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.