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Linda Brown (Brown)

Linda Sue Brown, 58, of Banner County died Sunday, September 14, 2003 at her home. Funeral services will be Thursday, September 18, 2003, 10:00 A.M. at Calvary Memorial Evangelical Free Church with Dr Charles Bonds and Pastor Jonathan Seng officiating. Interment will be in High Butte Cemetery. Friends were able to call at Dugan-Kramer Funeral Chapel in Scottsbluff Wednesday. The casket was closed. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Dollars for Scholars Computer Lab, Prairie Haven Hospice, or to the Panhandle Cancer Fund.  She was born October 30, 1944 at Scottsbluff to Carl H. and Marjorie Ann (Friede) Brown. She was baptized in Gering Methodist Church April 10, 1949. She graduated from Gering High School in 1963. She worked as a telephone operator in Bridgeport until she married Terry Brown June 20, 1965. They lived in Manhattan, Kansas until Terry was sent to Viet Nam in October of 1965. She moved to Scottsbluff and worked at the Eagle Cafe #65533; until February 1966, when Terry was discharged from the Army. They have farmed and ranched since then.  Linda was a leader for the Silver Spurs 4-H Club, a member of Wrights Club, the Banner County Historical Society which sponsors Unit 13 SORE Program teaching Nebraska history to 4th graders, was an active parent in many Banner County High School activities for over 30 years, secretary of the Morrill County High School Rodeo and was a member of the Nebraska State High School Rodeo Association. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening and canning, being known for her outstanding jellies.  Besides her own children, she helped raise a foster son, John Canada and three nephews. She is survived by her husband, Terry Brown of Harrisburg; daughters, Marjorie Hope Jordan of Harrisburg; Carla Jo Brown of Hawk Springs, Wyoming; Paula Dawn Brown of Dalton; daughter and son-in-law Peggy Marie and Jay Peterson of Taylor; mother Marjorie Ann (Friede) Burnette of Scottsbluff; grandchildren, Dalton and Savannah Jordan of Harrisburg; Hellen Louise Hein of Hawk Springs, Wyoming; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Joan and Stan Cross of Tacoma, Washington; Julie and Roger Rogers of Richfield, Wisconsin; sister-in-law Jackie Kuxhausen of Scottsbluff, and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.  She was preceded in death by her father and step-mother, Carl and Pauline Brown, stepfather Tom Burnette, foster son John Canada, maternal and paternal grandparents, brothers Harvey and Duane Brown, sister Cindy Brown, and her father and mother-in-law George and Marjorie Brown.

 





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