Helen Bush Brown

HELEN BUSH BROWN, aged 99, lived a long and full life. She passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Cleveland with her family at her side. Helen was beloved wife to Dr. Ralph H. Brown and adored mother to their only child Randy Brown (Kathie). Helen was the oldest child of Ernest and Mildred Bush and big sister to Marjorie, Doris Galehouse (Jack), Marcene Johnson (Johnny), Betty Ann Naglic (John), Frank (Betty), Don, Dick, Jake (Pat) and aunt, great aunt and friend to many. Helen attended Ashland College where she majored in English, Speech and Biology, performed in many plays and wrote the senior pageant. She taught high school in the Doylestown and Newark, Ohio school systems and loved what she did. She was a substitute teacher until she was 80-and only then retired in order to care for her husband who was ill. In 1996 she and her sister Doris traveled with son Randy and his wife Kathie to Great Britain and visited the homeland of her ancestors in Wales. Helen often recalled fond memories of growing up in Doylestown, Ohio where her family had a greenhouse and started the town’s first public library in their living room. Helen loved to read and was a member of one of Ohio’s oldest book clubs, The Bookettes. Helen spent most of her married life in Newark, Ohio where among other things, she was involved in Garden Club, Girl Scouts, Newcomer’s Club and the Tuberculosis Sanatorium. She served on the Board of Directors of Ohio State University Newark Campus. She had a love of theater and was involved with Weathervane Theater in Newark. Helen was a warm and loving person who touched many lives and she will be dearly missed. At Helen’s request, there will be no services. If you want to do something in Helen’s memory, read a good book or see a play.