- Date Of Birth: July 2, 1931
- Date Of Death: January 31, 2021
- State: Pennsylvania
Brown1931~2021Joan M. Brown, 89, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2021 at her home in Gap, PA, where she had been living since March of 2020.While successfully raising her children she also had many careers over the years; babysitting, taking in ironing, the Slinky Factory, Deluxe Check Printing, secretarial positions and her favorite – waitressing at many of the local restaurants. She loved the interaction with co-workers, customers and the many friends she made over the years.After retiring Joan and Fred moved to Delaware. They were very active with the Elks Lodge for many years holding various leadership positions. After 12 years they moved back to Pennsylvania to be close to their children and will be remembered for her kindness, generosity and devotion to her family. She loved spending time with family and friends – holidays, picnics, swimming, birthdays and camping. She enjoyed playing cards, crossword puzzles, reading, going to the casino with Fred and vacations to Cape May. Many years ago one of her hobbies was ceramics and everyone in the family has many of her works of art to remember her was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-six years, Frederick R. Brown, Sr., her brother Neil Watson and granddaughter Ashly Elizabeth is survived by her five children, Patricia Sexton of Downingtown, Lynne Scheibe (Richard) of West Chester, Robin Hotelling (Eric) of Gap, Frederick R. Brown, Jr. of Malvern, Stephen Brown (Debbie) of Malvern, eleven grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
