The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-14
Heart Attack Ends Life
of Prominent KenOsha
Woman.
ACTIVE IN KENOSHA
Was Leader Among Women
and Long Prominent in
City's Club Work.

SnaS most widely hnOWH anu AhO0O
widely beloved women, died at the
family residence, 27O Park Place, just
before four o'clock this morning. Mrs.
Brown had been an invalid for the past
five years and just after three o'clock
this morning she was stricken with
heart attack. She dropped off into
a peaceful sleep-the sleep which
knows no awakening.
Her husband and her daughter, Mrs.
| Edith M. Cavanagh, were at her bed
side when the final summons came with
the early morning.
| More than five years ago Mrs. Brown
had been stricken with an attack OF
cerebral hemorrhage and she never
recovered from the attack. In the
years which followed, Mrs. Brown had
suffered greatly, but she had borne
| her sufferings with a great fortltude
and the memory of her kindly consid-
Grafton Of others during the long years
of weakness and illness, remains as
! one of the great comforts to survlv-
ing relatives and friends. Mrs. Brown
suffered an attack similar to the one
which brought her death, little over
| week ago, but she had shown some
recovery and on Thursday afternoon
she had gone for the customary ride
in the automobile with members of
her family.
The announcement Of the death of
Mrs. Brown brought sorrow reflected
in the hearts of many Kenosha people,
as few women have had more active
part in the life of Kenosha and her
many activities covering a period of
more than a half a century of helpful
work in Kenosha had brought her into
contact with all classes of people of
the city. Her death marks the pas
| sing Of woman who helped much
| to make Kenosha a more cheerful and
better place to live in.
Was a Native of Kenosha.
| Minnie Burton Doan was native
of Kenosha. She was daughter of
the late Seth Doan, one of the best
known Of the pioneer merchants of
Kenosha, and she was born in the
house where death came early today,
on July 5, 1855. She had spent her
entire life in Kenosha.
She attended the public schools in
Kenosha and the Kenosha High school
and she had been one of the most
active of the members of the Kenosha
High School association, After her
graduation from the High school she
became one of the first students of
Kemper Hall and she was graduated
as member of the first class in 1874.
The first class stone laid in the campus
at Kemper Hall was placed there by
Mrs. Brown on her graduation day,
nearly half century ago this week
She was deeply revered by the great
number of women who came afterward
to be educated at Kemper Hall. Kindly
hopes for her comfort in declining
years had been expressed by members
of the alumnae association of Kemper
Hall when they gathered for their
annual reunion on Thursday evening.
First Bride at st. Matthews.
The marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
which took place on May 81, 1877, was
one of historic interest in Kenosha, as
it was the first wedding celebration to
be held at St. Matthew's church. The
church now occupied by the parish was
still in course Of construction, but Mr..
and Mrs. Brown desired to have their
wedding there. The ceremony was
read by the Rev. Lucien G. Lance, who
was assisted by DR.. Everhart, then rec
tor of Kemper Hail. and the uncom-
pleted church was crowded by the peo-
pie Of Kenosha. On the afternoon of
the wedding the stores of the city
were closed and the Kenosha brass
band volunteered it's services to lead
the marriage procession. Many happy
memories clustered about this first
wedding in the church which in after
years has claimed so much of the inter
est of its first bride and her husband.
Leader in Woman's Work.
Mrs. Brown for many years was
"Kenosha's First Lady" as she claimed
leadership in many of the activities
of the women of Kenosha. A woman
of high intellectual attainment, of
cheerful, helpful disposition, and de-
voted religious living, she left deep
imprint upon the lives of the women
who have grown up in Kenosha in
the nearly half century which she
gave to active work.
For nearly thirty years she was a
member Of the choir at St. Matthew's
church and she had a leading part in
all Of the activities among the women
of the church, Much given to charity
and charitable work, she was associ-
ated in many other movements for
the advancement of the welfare of
Kenosha people.
She was charter member of the
Woman's club of Kenosha and for
years was a member of the official
staff of the club.
The Brown home, until Mrs. Brown
was stricken with the illness which
brought her death, had been one of
the social centers of the city and the
great interest of Mrs. Brown in the
young girls of the city had made this
home an altar of kindly advice and
friendship
Leader in Social Life.
Mrs. Browns leadership in social
life brought her to membership in the
Octagon club, the Dickens club. and
she was charter member of the
Century club, which for many years
was one of the leading social organi-
cations of the city.
In later years she was active as a
member of the Kenosha Country. club.
Probably her most active work was