March 27, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.
Sidney Brown
Obituary
Sidney Arlene (McAbee) Brown, 92, Muncie, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital with her son, Ronn, and friend, Nan, at her side.
Sidney was born at home April 8, 1927, in Redkey. She was the daughter of the late Leslie and Juanita McAbee. Sidney married Norman Wesley Brown on May 29, 1952; he died Oct. 31, 1987. Sidney attended Redkey High School. She worked at Kerr Glass (now Ardagh), Dunkirk, and Redkey Dime Store, and was a waitress at several area restaurants including Hoover’s Roost, Fairview. Sidney enjoyed reading, sewing, knitting and crocheting. She was a former member of Albany Christian Church and Albany Church of The Nazarene.
Survivors include her son, Ronn Brown, Muncie; a brother, Jerry (Roberta) McAbee, Redkey; one grandson; four step-grandsons; one step-great-granddaughter; several nieces and nephews; and a special neighbor, caretaker and friend Nan Noble, Muncie.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; three brothers, Robert (Rosemary), Perry (Susanna) and Jackie; and a sister, Anna.
Private services will be held at Meacham Funeral Service with burial following at Black Cemetery. The service will be streamed at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2020, from the funeral home’s Facebook page.
Condolences and other expressions of sympathy may be given at Meachamfuneralservice.com.
Sidney was born at home April 8, 1927, in Redkey. She was the daughter of the late Leslie and Juanita McAbee. Sidney married Norman Wesley Brown on May 29, 1952; he died Oct. 31, 1987. Sidney attended Redkey High School. She worked at Kerr Glass (now Ardagh), Dunkirk, and Redkey Dime Store, and was a waitress at several area restaurants including Hoover’s Roost, Fairview. Sidney enjoyed reading, sewing, knitting and crocheting. She was a former member of Albany Christian Church and Albany Church of The Nazarene.
Survivors include her son, Ronn Brown, Muncie; a brother, Jerry (Roberta) McAbee, Redkey; one grandson; four step-grandsons; one step-great-granddaughter; several nieces and nephews; and a special neighbor, caretaker and friend Nan Noble, Muncie.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; three brothers, Robert (Rosemary), Perry (Susanna) and Jackie; and a sister, Anna.
Private services will be held at Meacham Funeral Service with burial following at Black Cemetery. The service will be streamed at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2020, from the funeral home’s Facebook page.
Condolences and other expressions of sympathy may be given at Meachamfuneralservice.com.
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