Nellie Brown

Nellie G. Brown, 97, of Chillicothe, died February 2, 2010, in Westmoreland Place Nursing Home, following an extended illness. She was born January 18, 1913 in Dayton, OH to Paul Clemence and Myrtie Jane Doles Brown. Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Donna Krouse Slesnick, Pauline Jenkins Mason, James Emerson Krouse, Norman K. Krouse, Paul Edwin Krouse, Gertrude Jane Huff, and Margaret Krouse Reinier. She was preceded in death by 6 brothers and sisters, Mabel Pauline, Bertha, infant brother Guy Otto, Ray Gilbert, Gladys Eileen, and Paul Clair, who was killed during World War II; by nieces, Katherine Jenkins Schrader and Eileen Patterson Day; and a nephew, Jack H. Huff. Ms. Brown was a cum laude graduate of the Ohio University. She served as a Registered Nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps as a First Lieutenant during World War II; in the Bureau of Indian Affairs on reservations in Wisconsin and South Dakota; in the Colonial Hospital, associated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; and as the Director of Nursing in the old Chillicothe Hospital. Military graveside services, conducted by the Ross Co. Veteran's Honor Guard, will be held in Doles Family Cemetery, 11:00 am Monday, under the direction of the Haller Funeral Home. Calling hours will not be observed.
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