08/21/1959
Mildred Irene Brown was born
at Knoxville February 18, 1914,
the daughter of Loren A. and
Grace Brown, and died Friday,
August 21, 1959 at Davenport, age 45.
She was married to Richard J. Roper January 13. 1931. She was preceded in death by her mother, Grace M. Brown.
Survivors include her husband, two sons. Larry Delain of Davenport; and Thomas Franklin of Portsmouth, N.H., and one daughter, Sharon Rae Petersen of Davenport; her father, Loren A. Brown of Des Moines; and three sisters, Marjorie L. Booe of Des Moines, Ruby Lorain Tucker, Reno, Nev. and Patty Lou Kerr of Knoxville: two brothers, William E. and Bobby A. both of Des Moines.
Funeral services were held from the Williams funeral home. Knoxville, Monday. August 24 with Rev. Ira E. Carney officiating. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery.