Beulah M. "Bea" Brown, nee Layton, 80, of
Trenton, died Sunday, April 25, 2004 at St. Joseph Hospital in
Highland
She was born July 9, 1923 in Brewer, MO to Kenrick and Sarah
(Brewer) Layton; they preceded her in death
Also preceded in death by a grandson, Robert Moffatt, Jr., a
brother, Melvin Layton, and sisters, Leona Miller, Lenita Cissell,
and Marie Moore
She married Howard Brown on October 26, 1946 in Brewer, MO; he
survives in Trenton
Also surviving are sons Steven (Sue) Brown of St. Louis, James
(Karen) Brown of Trenton, Thomas (Susan) Brown of Sterling, VA,
Michael (Lisa) Brown of O’Fallon, and Robert Brown of New Baden
Also surviving are daughters Christine (Larry) Wilson of
Waterloo, Mary Jakel of Highland, Ann (Dan) Ritzheimer of
Edwardsville, and Susan Moffatt of Trenton
21 Grandchildren and 3 Great-Grandchildren
Also surviving are sisters Aline Reiss of Sereno, MO, Beryl Moore
of Brewer, MO, and Doris Nickelson of Hurdle Mills, NC
Bea was a homemaker
She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Altar Sodality,
Trenton Senior Citizens, and St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary-Breese
Funeral Mass will be Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 10:30 AM at St.
Mary Catholic Church in Trenton with Fr. James Dougherty
officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery, Trenton
Visitation will be Wednesday, April 28, 2004 from 4 to 9 PM and
again on Thursday, April 29, 2004 from 8 to 10:15 AM at the Moss
Funeral Home in Trenton.
Memorials can be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois or to St.
Mary Catholic Church and will be received at the funeral home
