John W. Brown

John Wilson Brown, 94, passed away Thursday, July 27, 1995, at his home in Orlando, Florida.

John Wilson Brown was born November 8, 1900.  The son of Alexander Brown and Hattie Hindle.  He attended rural schools in Kossuth County, where his ancestors were among the first settlers.  He married Matilda Putzstuck who preceded him in death.  They had one child, Phyllis.  On March 12, 1929, he wed Myrtle Peterson in Britt Congregational Church where her parents had been married 40 years before.  They moved from Algona to Britt in 1936 where they operated a grocery store and fruit market.  May 9, 1942 took them to Wisconsin where they worked in the Badger Ordinance Works.  When John retired they spend most of the year in Orlando, Florida and summers in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.  He was a member of the Evangelical Free Church.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, two infant children and one great grandchild, his parents, two brothers Loren and Carl both of Algona, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Doris (Wayne) Keith of Burt, Iowa and Mrs. Agnes (John) Dressman of Algona, Iowa.

Survivors include his wife, Myrtle and three children, Mrs. Phyllis (Marvin) Koebke Hoffman of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin; Mrs. Dorothy (Carl) Steinhorst Brahmsted of Baraboo, Wisconsin, and John E. (Phyllis) Brown of Orlando, Florida; 21 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchildren; one great-great grandson; one brother: Ralph of Ocoee, Florida; two sisters: Mrs. Margaret (Leland) Larson of Emmetsburg, Iowa and Mrs. Ruth (Don) Stiles of Hutchinson, Kansas.