Melba Brown

Melba Brown, age 92, Cameron, MO, the widow of The Reverend Robert Brown, died peacefully in Cameron, MO on Saturday evening, April 20, 2019.

Funeral services will be 11:00AM, Friday, April 26, 2019 at the Cameron United Methodist Church. Visitation will be 10-11:00AM, prior to the service. Memorial Donations may be made to Cameron United Methodist Church. Arrangements in Cameron by Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron.

Visitation in South Dakota will be on Monday, April 29, 2019 from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM at the Furness Funeral Home at Clark.  At 11:00 AM all will leave and go in procession to Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark for a graveside service with Pastor Mark Tracy officiating.  Following the graveside, everyone is invited back to the funeral room reception area for a light lunch and fellowship.

Melba was born May 30, 1926 in Raymond, South Dakota to Everett and Edith (Logeman) Pierce. She graduated from Clark High School, Clark, South Dakota in 1944.

Melba married Robert Brown in Clark on June 16, 1946. Two children were born to that union; Barbara Kay in 1950 and Glenn Alan in 1952. Her husband went into the ordained United Methodist ministry after he graduated from seminary in 1968. Melba graduated from college at the University of South Dakota in 1974 with honors in elementary education. She taught for eleven years in South Dakota and New Mexico. She was a minister's wife, helping her husband until they retired in 1990. They moved to the Cameron Missouri area to be with family.

She is survived by her son, Glenn (Mary) Brown, St. Joseph, MO; grandson, Steven (Sarah) Brown, Waynesboro, VA; granddaughter, Dr. Amada Beall (Dustin) Cameron, great-grandsons, Seth, Weston and Kevin Brown.

Preceding her in death was her husband and daughter Barbara in 1977.

Furness Funeral Home of Clark is assisting with the arrangements in South Dakota.  For an on-line registry please go to www.furnessfuneralhome.com