Ernest Edmond (Ernie) Brown and Ella Corinne (Connie) Wolverton

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Husband Ernest Edmond (Ernie) Brown

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           Born: 7 Jun 1921 - Wayne City, IL
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           Died: 9 Jan 2006 - Gibson City, Ford County, IL
         Buried:  - Drummer Township Cemetery, Gibson City, Ford County, IL

       Marriage: 28 Jul 1946

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Wife Ella Corinne (Connie) Wolverton

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           Born: 31 Oct 1925
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         Father: Lester Royce Wolverton
         Mother: Adelaide Katherine (Ella) Martens

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Children

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1 M Mark Brown

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         Spouse: Kathy ?

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2 F Marsha Brown

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         Spouse: Vito Kerpe

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3 M Danny Brown

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         Spouse: Cheryl ?

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4 F Corinne Brown

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         Spouse: Andy Day

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General Notes: Husband - Ernest Edmond (Ernie) Brown

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Birth: Jun. 7, 1921
Illinois, USA
Death: Jan. 9, 2006
Gibson City
Ford County
Illinois, USA

Ernest E. Brown, 84, Gibson City, died at 6:37 a.m. Monday at his home and has now entered his eternal home.

Ernie was born June 7, 1921, near Wayne City, a son of George and Dorothy Brown. He married Ella Corinne Wolverton on July 28, 1946, in Ionia, Mich. Connie survives in Gibson City.

Also surviving are his four children, Mark (Kathy) Brown, Bloomington; Marsha (Vito) Kerpe, Sheboygan, Wis.; Danny (Cheryl) Brown, Orlando, Fla.; and Corinne (Andy) Day, Madison, Miss.; 12 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; two sisters, Edna Marie (Willie) Anderson, Lexington, and Evelyn (Charles) Christiansen, Memphis, Tenn.; and one brother, Robert (Joyce) Brown, Rantoul.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Leroy, Clarence and Eugene Brown; and one sister, Flossie Mae Brucker.

The Brown family moved to the Gibson City area in 1923 where Ernie was reared on a grain and livestock farm. He attended a county grade school and graduated from Drummer Township High School (now GCMS). He was active in high school athletics.

He served in World War II as a forward observer surveyor at sergeant rank in the U.S. Army. When he returned home he married Connie, his wife of almost 60 years.

He was very active in his community and his church.

Family links:
Parents:
George H. Brown (1896 - 1992)
Dorothy M. Smith Brown (1898 - 1991)

Siblings:
LeRoy M. Brown (1917 - 2000)*
Ernest E. Brown (1921 - 2006)
E. Eugene Brown (1924 - 1976)*
Flossie Mae Brown Brucker (1932 - 2003)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Drummer Township Cemetery
Gibson City
Ford County
Illinois, USA

Maintained by: T. Anderson
Originally Created by: EMA
Record added: Nov 18, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 80650848

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"Secretary Gibson City Hospital Board, 1958-1984. President Arrowhead council Boy Scouts American, 1964-1967, chairman trust fund, 1980-1984. Member University Illinois advisory board to Dean Agriculture, 1964-1968.

Advisor to Animal Science Department University Illinois, 1964-1968, State of Illinois on agriculture environmental problems, 1968-1969. President parent's council Milliken University, 1969-1973. Chairman Nutritional Research Committee American Egg Board, 1974.

Trustee MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1981-1985. Member finance committee Council of Ministries and Board Managers East Bay Camp, since 1980. Past chairman board United Methodist Church.

Served on various egg boards and committees Served as sergeant United States Army, European Theatre of Operations, 1942-1945. Member American Poultry and Hatchery Federation (director Illinois chapter 1960-1970), Illinois Hatchery and Poultry Federation (president 1961), Illinois Poultry Industry Council (president 1963). Lodges: Lions, Masons."

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General Notes: Wife - Ella Corinne (Connie) Wolverton

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Notes: Marriage

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