Brown Darwin Lee^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1886 - 1956  (69 years)

• Name	Brown Darwin Lee
  Birth	09 May 1886	Cuba, IL   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jan 1956	Cary, McHenry County, Il   [1]
  Burial	Wauconda Cemetery, Wauconda, Lake County, Il   [1]
  Notes	OBITUARY FOR DARWIN LEE BROWN Barrington, McHenry Co., IL Courier-Review June 1956 Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Kisselburg funeral home, Wauconda, for Darwin Lee Brown, a native of the Wauconda community, who died Wednesday night of last week in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan. Burial was in Wauconda cemetery. Darwin Lee Brown was born May 9, 1886, in Cuba township on the farm known in late years as the Gus Sick farm. He was the son of Darwin and Sarah Brooks Brown. The family subsequently moved to a farm south of Wauconda on what is now route 12, where they lived for many years. He was married Oct. 12, 1911, to Louise Alma Boehmer, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Boehmer of Barrington. As a young man, Lee Brown was well known in Barrington. He was a serious student of the violin at Sear's School of Music, and spent much time here. He was a member of Salem Church. Mr. Brown was engaged in the garage business in Wauconda for 39 years in partnership with his brother-in-law, Arthur Boehmer, formerly of Barrington, under the firm name of Brown & Boehmer. He retired from the business a few years ago, and after operating a service station in Waukegan with his son Rollin, for two years, Mr. and Mrs. Brown moved to Florida. They arrived in Waukegan for a visit five weeks ago. Mr. Brown was stricken with a cerebral attack the following day, and was in the hospital until his death. While in business in Wauconda, he was for years an active and enthusiastic member of the fire department in the village, and for several years was secretary of the grade school board. Besides his widow, and the son mentioned, Mr. Brown is survived by another son, Donald, who lives in the Cincinnati area, four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Orissa Brown of Wauconda. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comes From Kansas to Attend Funeral (Same page as above obituary) Mrs. A. C. Bangs of Liberal, Kans., arrived Saturday morning to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law, D. Lee Brown of Inverness, Fla., which was held at Wauconda Saturday afternoon. She is spending this week visiting at the homes of her sisters, Mrs. Earnest Wessel of Grove avenue and Mrs. Henry Sodt of West lake street, and with Mrs. Brown and brother, Aruthur Boehmer, at Wauconda. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waukegan, Lake County, IL paper, June 14, 1956 LEE BROWN DIES We were, indeed, sorry to learn as we go to press of the death of Lee Brown, a native of Wauconda and former partner in the local automobile dealer firm, Brown and Boehmer. Mr. Barown, 70, passed away at 11:30 last night in St. Therese Hospiotal, Waukegan, where he had been a patient the past four weeks. He entered the hospital after being stricken with a cerebral attack while visiting in the Waukegan home of his son, Rollin and family. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Kesselburg Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Wauconda cemetery. Mr. Brown's obituary will appear in next week's issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lee Brown was at the kitchen table of his son, Rollin, playing cards when he had a stroke. He was to the hospital were he lived four weeks. He was able to get up and walk after the first week but then had another stoke and was in a coma for the last three weeks, that finally took his life.
  Person ID	I52847	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Brown II Erasmus Darwin,   b. 15 Dec 1855, Torrey, Yates Co., NY d. 29 Dec 1934, Chicago, Cook County, Il (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Brooks Sarah A.,   b. Jun 1858, IL d. 05 Feb 1921, Wauconda, Lake County, Il (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	31 Dec 1876	McHenry County, Il   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F24073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Boehmer Louise Alma,   b. 14 May 1888, Barrington, IL d. 25 Jun 1988, Wauconda, Lake County, IL (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1911	Irving Park, Il   [1, 6, 7]
  	Brown-Boehmer _______ Local Young People are Wedded at Irving Park Last Thursday. Darwin Lee Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Brown who reside on a farm near Wauconda, and Miss Louise Boehmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August H. Boehmer of Wheeling, were untied in marriage at the home of Rev. A. W. Strickfaden at Irving park last Thursday foreman at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Strickfaden perforning the ceremony. Mr. Brown and his bride became acquainted a number of years ago when Miss Boehmer resided here with her parents and Mr. Brown attended the Sear's School of Music and the wedding had been expected by friends for several years. Miss Boehmer was born in this village, grew to young womanhood here, and numbers among her friends all of the residents who are acquainted with her, while Mr. Brown studied here for several years and has an extensive acquantance among the people of the village. He is now in the employ of the North Shore Electric company and this fall erected a handsome residence on Grove avenue where the young people are living.
  Children	1. Brown Donald Darwin,   b. 14 Dec 1913, Wauconda, Lake County, Il d. 18 Mar 1985, Cincinnati, Ohio (Age 71 years)  [natural]   2. Brown Rollin,   b. 08 Jul 1920, Wauconda, Lake County, IL d. 12 Dec 1999, Waukegan, Lake County, IL (Age 79 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F24132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1397] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:11. [S1430] Crystal Lake Herald, (Crystal Lake, McHenry Co. IL), Obits, page 22. EST 21 Jun 1956 [S1430] Crystal Lake Herald, (Crystal Lake, McHenry Co. IL). Obituary 1956 [S1438] Wauconda Cemetery. Buried in Section 3, Row 2. [S1498] McHenry County, IL Vital Records-Marriages, Vol. B, p. 7, Lic. # 5052. [S1430] Crystal Lake Herald, (Crystal Lake, McHenry Co. IL), Marriage Index 1910-1919. [S1430] Crystal Lake Herald, (Crystal Lake, McHenry Co. IL), Pub. 19, Oct.1911.