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Miriam M Brown

May 23, 1924 — March 5, 2008

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Miriam Brown, 83, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at her home in Waterloo. She was born May 23, 1924 at Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of William and Louise (Fosnaugh) Hanson. Miriam married Claude E. Brown on December 10, 1949 at Walnut St. Baptist Church in Waterloo. She graduated from the Allen School of Nursing and was a nurse at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and Sartori Hospital in Cedar Falls. Miriam worked as a nurse for over fifty years.

She is survived by her husband, Claude Brown; one son, Darrell Elmer Brown, of Waterloo; five daughters, Georgia Ann (Mike) Sullivan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Claudia Ethel (David) Unger of Cedar Falls, Carolyn Louise (Dale) Evans of Cedar Rapids, Phyllis Beth (Kent) Irwin of Cedar Falls, and Marilee Kay (Kerry) Thomas of Kingsley, Iowa; eleven grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and two brothers, William (Ellen) Hanson Jr. and Charles Allan (Marian) Hanson, both of Waterloo.

Miriam was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 10, 2008, at Cedar Heights Baptist Church, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be 3—5 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and one hour before service at the church. Memorials may be directed to the family.

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