- Ethel (Voight) Brown, Seymour, age 95 passed away Monday evening, July 13, 2009, at her home with her family at her side. She was born August 15, 1913, in the Town of Grand Chute, daughter of Ben and Pauline (Lemke) Voight. She was a graduate of Shiocton High School, class of 1930, and Outagamie Rural Normal School, class of 1931. She taught at Sunnyslope School in the Town of Greenville.
Ethel married Kenneth Brown on November 28, 1933. The couple farmed in the town of Freedom for 46 years, and lived in Seymour since 1979. Her husband preceded her in death on April 8, 1990.
Survivors include her daughters: Janet Rohm, Appleton; Jeanne (Bob) McAndrew, Norwalk, CT; Joyce Van Wychen, Freedom; her sons: Victor (Marlene) Brown, Seymour; Kenneth "Bud" (Nancy), Weyauwega; Bill (Sally) Brown, Neenah; daughter-in-law Violet Brown, Black Creek; 17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; several step-great-great-grandchildren. Also a sister, Claire (Nuss) Beyer, Appleton; sisters-in-law, Leona Voight, Shiocton, and Phyllis Brown, Appleton.
She was preceded in death by a son, Sheldon, and a son-in-law, Glen Rohm; two step-great-great-grandchildren; six brothers: Oscar, Earl, Leonard, Russel, George, and Victor; three sisters: Alice Woehler, Grace Conrad, and an infant who died at birth; three brothers-in-law: Clarence Beyer, Butch Conrad and Walter Woehler.
Friends may call at Muehl-Boettcher Funeral Home, Seymour, on Thursday, July 16, 2009, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Visitation will continue on Friday, July 17, 2009, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Seymour from 10 a.m. until services at 11 a.m. with Pastor Roland Lindeman officiating. Burial at Highland Memorial Park, Appleton. Online condolences may be expressed at www.muehlboettcher.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Muehl Public Library, Seymour, or to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Seymour for the Ministry tapes.
The family would like to thank Muehl Public Library, Seymour, for always seeing to it that she had good reading material, and to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Seymour, for furnishing her with the weekly Ministry Tapes, and Muehl-Boettcher Funeral Home.
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