Anna Josephine Brown

ANNA JOSEPHINE BROWN, daughter of RUTH ELEANOR MCCLUNG and ERNEST T. BROWN, was born January 16, 1909 in New Bethel (now Wanamaker), Marion, Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died June 17, 2004 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.¹²³⁹

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Indianapolis Star, June 19, 2004²⁷⁹

A. Josephine Brown RN, BSN, MPH 95, Indianapolis, passed away June 17, 2004. Miss Brown was an outstanding nurse, educator and contributor to the health care of our country. Born in New Bethel, IN (now Wanamaker), the daughter of Ernest T. and Ruth (McClung) Brown, she came from a family with roots deep in the medical field. Her great grandfather, two great uncles and three cousins all were physicians, so it was no great surprise that she and her two sisters, Lucile and Frances M. Brown became nurses. She and her sisters attended the Immaculate Conception Academy in Oldenberg, Indiana. She then attended Butler University and later with her sisters graduated as an RN from St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Beginning as a public health nurse with the VNA, she graduated from Indiana University with a BS degree. In 1944, Jo was asked by the Kellogg Foundation to join the Calhoun County Health Dept. in Battle Creek, MI. She became nursing director in 1946. She later graduated from the University of Minnesota with a masters degree in public health and was asked to accept a position on the faculty of the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As assistant professor she developed and chaired the community health nursing department until she retired as a full professor. Her list of accomplishments is indeed extensive. She served on many committees including Governors Millikan and Williams to study and codify Michigan public health statutes. She served as chairperson to establish guidelines for the placement of undergraduate students and the state commission to review scholarships for various public health positions. She was active in many public health fields including the Council on Aging in Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, where she served two terms as president. She took postgraduate work at Western Reserve and Harvard Universities. Upon retirement from the University of Michigan, her colleagues established a scholarship in her name to be given each year to a student who demonstrated excellence in public health nursing practice. She holds a lifetime membership in the Michigan Public Health Association of which she was past president and two honorary organizations, Pi Lambda Theta and Sigma Theta Tau. She achieved a lifetime of accomplishments after entering the job market at the height of the Great Depression. In addition to her professional accomplishments, she played the piano and enjoyed water and oil painting and crewel embroidery. Survivors include her two sisters, Lucile and Frances Brown. She was preceded in death by a brother Herbert McClung Brown. Friends and family will gather on Monday in the Leppert Mortuary, Nora Chapel from 3 to 6 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in St. Monica Catholic Church. You are invited to visit Miss Brown's personal memory page at www.lifestorynet.com where you may read her Life Story, share a memory, order flowers, or make a memorial contribution to the Josephine Brown Scholarship c/o Univ. of Michigan School of Nursing.

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Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 12, 19402513	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana	Esther Lucile Brown Mary Frances Brown Anna Josephine Brown