Brown, B. Marguerite Kennedy

B. Marguerite Kennedy Brown, 92, died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Crestview Care and Rehab Center in West Branch. Visitation will be held from 10 until 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 16, at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home, West Branch. A Remembrance Service will immediately follow at the funeral home.

Marguerite was born Sept. 3, 1918, in West Liberty, the daughter of Joe and Bertha (Barnhart) Kennedy. She was a graduate of West Liberty High School in the class of 1936. Marguerite had become a caretaker as a young person following the death of her mother. For most of her life she was a farm wife, starting on a farm in West Liberty, then moving to West Branch in 1944. She again became a caretaker later in life, humbling caring for many in her family as well as friends who needed her.

She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, gardener, cook and baker, and was most noted for her generosity.

Survivors include two children, Beverly Brown and Keith (Jolene) Brown of West Branch; two grandchildren, Callista (Geoff) Isabelle of Hamden, Conn., and Miranda (Joseph) Mizelle of Fairfield, as well as their two children, Noah and Aiden. One sister, Bevelyn Ranshaw of Coralville, also survives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mildred Fitzgerald; and three brothers, Arlie, Gale and Wayne Kennedy.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Marguerite's memory.