On June 23, 2020 Evelyn M. Brown (nee Marinacci); beloved wife of 70 years to Robert J. “Bill” Brown, Sr.; loving mother of Robert J. Brown, Jr. (Kitty), Stephen Clark Brown, Susan P. D’Ambrosio (Marcellino), Martha Brown Lindenkohl (Scott) and David J. Brown (Amy). Also lovingly survived by 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Evelyn Marinacci was born in Philadelphia. Both of her parents were born in Italy. Her father passed away when she was young, and her widowed mother raised Evelyn, her older brother Anthony, and her younger sister Phyllis in an Italian neighborhood in South Philly. In 1949, she went on a blind date with her future husband Bill Brown. Two years later they moved to Baltimore, and through the fifties and sixties, raised their family of five children. After that, they joyfully celebrated the blessed arrival of eleven grandchildren, and then four great grandchildren. Evelyn’s life was dramatically anchored at the harbor of her children and grandchildren.
Evelyn loved to cook, sew, dance, and play tennis. She enjoyed square-dancing and played golf and bridge. She was an accomplished seamstress and was always making quilts for others. She served as secretary and treasurer of the Hunt Valley Women's Club. Evelyn and her family joined St Joseph's parish in Texas, Maryland in 1965 when they moved to Cockeysville. At St. Joe's she served in a unique clown ministry. For decades, she and Bill enjoyed many beautiful friendships with a group of faith-filled couples. Evelyn’s smile spoke eloquently, and her compassion touched so many lives. She will be missed dearly
The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANY VALLEY INC., 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road) Timonium, MD 21093 on Sunday, June 28, 2-4pm.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph Church, 100 Church Lane, Cockeysville, MD 21030 on Monday, June 29 at 11am.
Interment Private.
Expressions of sympathy may be directed in Evelyn’s name to Stella Maris, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, MD 21093.
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