Barbara Jean Brown

Barbara Jean Brown, 77, of Cedar Falls, died at her home on Thursday, August 15, 2019. She was born October 25, 1941 in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Clare Fred and Cleo B. (Harper) Howery. Barb married Clarence Edward Brown on January 10, 1964 in Eden, Michigan. He preceded her in death on March 11, 2017. Barb graduated from Mason High School in 1960 and worked at the Black Hawk County YWCA in Waterloo, Iowa for many years. She was a member of the Black Hawk Bremer League of Women Voters 2017-Present (Women's Suffrage Committee), Cedar Falls Public Art Committee, Hearst Center for the Arts 1999-Present (Committee Chair), Iowa Women's Foundation 2000-Present (Cedar Valley Advisory Committee Member Chicks 4 Change), Friends of Cedar Falls Community Main Street 2001-Present, Friends of the Hearst Center for the Arts 1996-Present, National Organization for Women 1976-Present, as well as many other organizations in the Cedar Valley.

She is survived by her three grandchildren, Kyle Walton, Megan Brown and Thomas Brown; her two great grandchildren, Carsten and Madeline Walton; her daughter-in-law, Julie Brown, and her two brothers, Tim (Fran) Howery and Jeff Howery.

Barb was preceded in death by her parents and husband; her daughter, Stasi Brown; her son, Mark Brown; a brother, Thomas Howery, and a sister, Elaine Willis Woodman.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 23, 2019, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be 4—7:00 p.m. Thursday, and one hour before service Friday, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Bend Humane Society, The Hearst Center or the Waterloo Center for the Arts. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.