This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROWN, LEY, PUNCHES, MEHRENS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADI/1256 Message Board Post: Frances H. Brown Frances Helen Brown died May 1, 2004, in Salem, Ore. She was 87 years old. She was born Dec. 23, 1916, in Harris and grew up on the Humboldt coast above Trinidad. She graduated from Arcata High School in 1933. A homemaker for many years, she went to work as an assistant manager of the Scotts Valley Fruit Exchange of Lakeport in 1952. Four years later, she moved her family to Davis and worked for the next 23 years at UC Davis - first in pomology, then at the veterinary clinic, then back to pomology. She was a horsewoman all her adult life, and was also involved with square dancing and sailing. She also loved to sew and knit. She was preceded in death by her husband of 20 years, Crawford H. Brown. She is survived by a son, James R. Ley, and two daughters, Helen Punches and Judy Mehrens, all of Port Orchard, Wash. She is also survived by two grandsons, five granddaughters, two great-grandsons and six great-granddaughters. A graveside service for the family will be held on July 11 at the Davis Cemetery, 820 Pole Line Road. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Wednesday, May 19, 2004, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)