ELIZABETH BROWN

NEVADA-Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Sheldon Cemetery for Erma Elizabeth Brown, 93, Nevada, who died at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Nevada Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

Visitation will be held prior to the service, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sheldon Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.

Survivors include her children, Joann Jones of Sheldon; Bob Brown and wife Ida, Rogers, Ark., Sue Spencer and husband Larry, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ray Brown and wife Norma, Lee's Summit, Bill Brown and wife Delila, also of Lee's Summit and Don Brown and wife Charlotte, Diamond; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and cousins and a host of friends.

Mrs. Brown was born Nov. 10, 1921, in Sheldon, to Roy and Pearl (Orem) Carlton. She was reared in Sheldon, attending a country school in Avola, then Sheldon High School. After getting married, she was a homemaker, wife and mother, caring for her growing family. She did work for a time at West Side Cafe in Nevada and Key's in Lamar. She lived most of her life in Sheldon until moving to Nevada 11 years ago. She was a longtime member of the Sheldon United Methodist Church. When time allowed, she enjoyed bowling, playing cards and square-dancing with friends and family. She was also an accomplished quilter.

She married Alvin A. Jack Brown on April 11, 1940. He died March 30, 2004.