Mary Margaret Brown

On Thursday, November 10, 2011, Mary Margaret (Thompson) Brown, beloved wife of Ivan Brown, Sintaluta, SK., died at the age of 81 years. The funeral service will be held in the St. James United Church, Wolseley, SK., on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Jamie Bushell officiating. Interment of cremated remains in the Sintaluta Cemetery. Predeceased by her mother Lydia (Runions) Thompson in 1969; her father Walter L. Thompson in 1978 ; mother-in-law Fanny Brown in 1968; father-in-law Albert S. Brown in 1978; an infant sister Nellie Norma Thompson; niece Connie (Thompson) Spittal; nephews: Glen Willoughby, Ron Brown and Barry Brown; in-laws Howard Alden Brown, Orval Albert Brown, Lyle and Evelyn Willoughby, Vaughan MacPherson ; Ethel Thompson and Sophia Brown. Mary is survived by her husband Ivan and their children: three daughters: Janet (Bert) Eisler, Taylor, B.C., Judy (Laurie) Price, Fort Nelson, B.C., Sharon (Kim) Woods, Grenfell, SK.; one son Les (Barb) Brown, Provost, AB.; three grandsons; nine granddaughters; thirteen great grandchildren; one brother Ralph Thompson, Lethbridge, AB; two sisters Lola MacPherson, Westbank, B.C. and Fae (Mac) Sheppard, Saskatoon, SK.; and sister-in-law Ivadell Brown, Regina. Mary is also survived by her nieces and nephews. Mary was born at home on October 8, 1930 to Walter and Lydia Thompson, Central Butte, SK., eldest of four children. She received her schooling in Central Butte with the exception of grade one which was in Eureka, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. She graduated from the Central Butte High School in 1949. Mary then attended Moose Jaw Normal School where she received her teacher training, graduating in 1950. She then taught in a rural school in Spring Valley, then the Allindale School in Wolseley where she boarded with Raymond and Isabel Sexsmith. On July 10, 1952, Mary married Ivan Brown in the Central Butte United Church with Rev. Wm. Keall, the Sintaluta minister, presiding. Mary and Ivan lived on the Brown family farm where they raised their four children. In 1987 they purchased a show home, which in the fall became their new home in town. They continued farming until 1999 when the family farm was sold. In addition to being a wife, mother and home maker, Mary also served on the United Church Board for several years (nine years as treasurer), the Sintaluta U.C.W. Committee (Secretary Treasurer), the Memorial Hall Board and was also a member of the Silver Horizons (Secretary Treasurer). In 1985 Mary co-founded, along with Mona Willoughby, the Sintaluta Players Drama group. Her favorite time of the year was the dinner theatre weekend, usually in April as she enjoyed seeing the plays come together to become successes for seventeen years. Mary also loved family reunions, visiting with friends, and organizing pictures taken of those special times together. She enjoyed many hobbies such as drama, knitting, crocheting, sewing, crafts, making things for kids and grandkids and geneology. Anyone who met Mary, with her beautiful blue eyes, loved her from that moment and forever connected with her in a special way. In lieu of flowers, if friends so desire, contributions to St. James United Church, Wolseley, SK., S0G 5H0 or to the Sintaluta Cemtery Fund, Sintaluta, SK., S0G 4N0 may be tokens of remembrance. Arrangements in care of Tubman Funeral Home/Valley Crematorium, Wolseley, SK.