Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Brawn
First Name
Dorothy
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Marsh
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Exeter, ME
Date of Birth
1912-06-17
Place of Death
Bangor, ME
Date of Death
1999-02-05
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 2-15/2-21-1999, p.5
Obituary
DOROTHY M. BRAWN DEXTER - Dorothy M. Brawn, 86, died February 5, 1999, at a Bangor hospital. She was born June 17, 1912, at Exeter, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Merrill) Marsh. She graduated from Dexter High School and the Maine School of Commerce in Bangor. She was a secretary at Abbott Woolen Mill in Dexter for a number of years, and then worked in the family poultry business at the Farm on Maple Street. She was a member of the Lords and Ladies Square Dance Club in Dexter. She was predeceased by her husband Hildon, who died in 1973, a brother, Frederick Marsh, and sisters, Eleanor Smith Ronco and Isabel True. She is survived by 4 sons, Roger and his wife Judy of Dexter, Malcolm and his fiancee Alicia of Andover, Mass., Gregory and his wife Patricia of Dexter, and Jeffrey of Reistertown, Maryland; One brother Kenneth and his wife Fran of Oak Bluffs, Mass.; 5 grandchildren, Kim Brawn of Santa Barbara, CA, Barbara Brawn of Reisterstown, Maryland, Valerie Wigham and husband Fred of Garland, Catherine Brawn of Mass., and Douglas Brawn of Vail, Colorado; 1 great-granddaughter, Hannah Wigham of Garland; Several nieces and nephews. At her request, there will be no services at this time. A spring committal service will be held at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Dexter Public Health Associatf4n, Inc., c/o Janet Rines, 69 Main St., Dexter, ME 04930. Arrangements are by Crosby & Neal Funeral Home, Dexter.