1/28/2023
Mrs. Arlene M. Brown, spouse of Rev. Carroll D. Brown passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mark's United Methodist Church (4700 Johnson Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405) with Rev. Bonnie Koeppen officiating. A visitation will precede the service at 9:30 at the church. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Oelwein, Iowa.
Rev. Brown served Van Wert-Weldon; Council Bluffs, St. Mark's-Hazel Dell; Council Bluffs, St. Mark's; Mitchellville-Santiago; Pocahontas; Monona-Giard; Oelwein-Hazelton Cooperative Parish; Oelwein; and Cedar Rapids, Salem. He retired in 1999.
Survivors include her husband, Rev. Carroll Brown of Marion; son, Rod (Jan) Blunck of Pella; daughter, Denise (Rod) Matthews of Dubuque; step-son David Brown of Cedar Rapids, eight grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
A full obituary may be found at Cedar Memorial.
Bishop Bigham-Tsai and the Cabinet - February 1, 2023