Elsie P. Brown, 96, St. Marys, died at 2:06 p.m. Oct. 1, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.

She was born Dec. 28, 1913, in Trenton, N.J., to Joseph Henry and Mary Ann Barcroft Palmer. On Nov. 21, 1940, she married John A. Brown, who died Jan. 6, 2010.

Surviving are six children, Bob (Susan) Brown, Centerville, Mary Ann Hollman, Winter Park, Fla., Betty (Harold) Hussey, St. Marys, John (Luanne) Brown, Lincoln, Neb., Tom (Mary) Brown, West Columbia, S.C., and Peggy Jo Folk, St. Marys; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Deceased is a son-in-law, James H. Folk Jr.

She was a 1933 graduate of Trenton High School in Trenton, N.J. She was a homemaker and member of Zion Lutheran Church, St. Marys, and Eastern Star.

Funeral services are noon Tuesday at the church.

Calling is 10 a.m.
-noon Tuesday at the church.

Memorials can be made to the church portico fund, Joint Township District Memorial Hospital Foundation or the Otterbein Retirement Community benevolence fund.

Arrangements are being handled by Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home in St. Marys.

Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.