Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, January 1988 Lorena A. Brown, 73, lberia, died Thursday at the University of Missouri-Columbia Hospitals and Clinics. She was born Feb. 9, 1914, at Gaylord, Kan., a daughter of Au-gust and Minnie Wagner Bechtold. She was married June 23, 1938, at Gaylord, Kan., to Rev. Earl B. Brown, who survives at the home. She received her B.A. degree from Lincoln University. She was a member of the Iberia United Church of Christ (Congregation- Christian), where she was a Sun-day school teacher, the Missouri State Teachers Association, the National Teachers Association, Kappa Kappa Iota, the teacher's sorority, the Retired Teachers As-sociation, the Iberia Community Betterment Association, the Miller County Extension Club and was secretary of the Miller County Historical Society. In 1980, she retired after 31 years at Waynesville Schools. Other survivors include: one son, Douglas Brown, Wright City; one-daughter, Carol Kruel, Creve Coeur; two brothers, Lawrence Becthold, Wichita, Kan., Francis Becthold, Gaylord, Kan.; one sis-ter, Esther Wood, Lenexa, Kan.; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Stevinson- Mossman Funeral Home at Iberia; with the Iberia Ministerial Alli-ance officiating. Burial will be in the Iberia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-9 p.m. Sunday at the Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home at Iberia. Memorials may be made to the Evangelical Children's Home at St. Louis.