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Brown, Jessie E.
Jessie E. Brown, 65, of Olin, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa. Graveside services and burial will be Friday, March 12, at 11 a.m. at Prairieburg Boulder Cemetery in Prairieburg. Family and friends may call on Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin.
Jessie E. Taylor was born March 15, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Andrew Guy and Stella (Mentzer) Taylor. She graduated from Central City High School in 1962. She married Robert Lee Brown on March 7, 1964. He died Oct. 30, 1994. Jessie worked at Communication Data Services in Tipton, retiring due to her health in 2003.
She liked going to garage sales, gardening, fishing, search word puzzles, and bingo.
She is survived by four children, Bobby (Sandra Holmes) Brown of Mount Vernon, Sandra Brown of Olin, Patty (Paul) Oberbreckling of Anamosa and Buddy (Terri Miller) Brown of Washington; five grandchildren; two sisters, Zelda (Bill) Huster of Caulfield, Mo., and Edith (Ken) Werling of Amber; and one brother, Ray (Clara) Taylor of Central City.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and one sister.
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