BROWN, John R.
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review March 11, 1999
Waynetown - John R. Brown, 74, Waynetown, formerly of Kingman died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home. Mr. Brown was owner and manager of Kingman IGA at Kingman. He managed grocery stores at Champaign, Paxton, Gibson City and Danville, Illinois and was in the retail grocery business for 50 years. He was a 1941 graduate of Shawnee Mission HS and attended Rockhurst College in Missouri. He was a WWII veteran, serving as 1st Lt. in the Air Force.
Mr. Brown was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Rockville. He was a member of the Kingman Lions Club and served on the Kingman Town Board and Kingman Housing Development.
He was born Sept 24, 1924 at Kansas City, Mo to Edmund Benedick and Bertha May Rigney Brown. He married Lavalla Wininger on Aug 28, 1945 at Bethesda, Md. She survives.
Also surviving are three sons: Charlie, Covington; Kevin, Kingman and Tom Wininger, Hoopston, Ill; three daughter, Carol Souk, Bloomington, Ill; Sharon King, Champaign, Ill and Pamela Gritten, Waynetown; a brother, William C, Seattle; 19 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. A brother is deceased.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday in Shoemaker Funeral Home, 202 Indiana 25 S, Waynetown with the Rev. Kenneth Majors officiating. Burial will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call 5-8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, Indiana Chapter, 8646 Guion Rd, Indianapolis 46268. - kbz
