NAPPANEE — Zenal Brown, 81, Nappanee, died at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, at her son’s residence after a short illness.
She was born Dec. 10, 1936, in Warsaw, to Wilbur and Helen Shultz Grow. On Nov. 14, 1954, in Decatur, she married Earl A. Brown. He preceded in death Sept. 16, 2017.
Mrs. Brown was a lifetime area resident. She was a 1955 graduate of Warsaw High School. She loved flowers and had worked at Fred’s Flowers, Nappanee. She had also worked at Vitreous Steel and the Darn Yarn & Crazy Crafts, Nappanee.
Zenal enjoyed playing euchre with her card club. She was a member of the Moose Lodge in Elkhart. Zenal was a “Good Volunteer.”
Surviving are her children, Michael (Rhonda) Brown, David (Marsha Jones) Brown and Kim (Kendall) Young, all of Nappanee; grandchildren: Kyle (Katie) Young; Kurt (Jennifer) Young; James (Lisa) Allen; Matthew, Brandon and Corey Brown; Christina (Jake) Burris; and Branson and Casey Boone; 16 great-grandchildren; a sister, Chris Fox, Warsaw; and a brother, William (Marlene) Grow, Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl; a granddaughter, Jamie Fagan; and brothers Elbert, Leo and LaMoine Grow.
Family and friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at Nappanee Missionary Church Chapel. Memorial services will begin at 4 p.m. Pastor Dave Engbrecht will officiate.
Inurnment will take place at a later date.
Arrangements are with Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.
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Memorials to Nappanee Missionary Church or Goshen Hospice.
