Viola Mae Brown

Viola Mae Brown

Viola Mae Brown, age 94, resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born on Nov. 8, 1923, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of William Roscoe and Sadie Osmon Brown. She graduated from Arcadia High School. Viola married Donald L. Brown on Sept. 8, 1940, in Garland, Kan. He preceded her in death on Feb. 5, 1995. Viola worked for Key Work Clothes beginning on May 20, 1953. She retired after 45 years. She was always one to stay busy. If not working, she enjoyed cleaning, yard work, and tending to her pets through the years.

Survivors include a sister, Jo Ann Heffernan, Fort Scott; one nephew Tom Heffernan, Fort Scott; two nieces, Cheryl Bell and husband Paul, Kansas City, Mo., and Phyllis Caunt and husband Gabe, Colorado Springs, Colo.; two wives of nephews, Shirley James and Caline Heffernan; four great nieces, one great nephew, one great-great niece, and two great-great nephews. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Larry Eugene Brown; a sister Blanche James; and two nephews, Randy James and Jerry Heffernan.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Clarksburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 Wednesday evening at the Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.