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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., January 25, 1968, page 13

JOHN JACKSON KOONCE BROWN

John Jackson Koonce Brown was born at Rupert, Ida. on March 10, 1909, the son of George Robert Koonce Brown and Etna Ethel Stephens and passed away January 13, 1968 at the Klickitat Valley Hospital following a short illness. John received his schooling in the Idaho school systems and until the age of 18 worked on the family ranch at Ola, Ida. after which he worked moved with the family to St. Ignaitus, Mont. For further work on the family ranch at that location. At the age of 21 he was united in marriage to Mary Oversby at Republic, Wash. At this time he was working in the logging industry and also served as a State Deputy Game Warden. During World War II he was employed in defense work in Seattle and later worked as a government trapper.
The latter part of his life was spent in the Goldendale area on the family ranch near Pleasant Valley.
John is survived by two sons, John of Hawthorne, California; David of Seattle and one daughter, Mrs. Norma Page, also of Seattle, and seven grandchildren. Also surviving are his mother and step-father, Etna and Harry Emerson of Centerville; two sisters, Mrs. Susanne Swanson of Magalia, Calif. and Mrs. Josephine West of Centerville. Also mourning his passing are one niece, Ella Mae Brower of Boise, Ida. and four nephews, Peter Thompson, Jon, David and Timothy West. John was preceded in death by his father in 1943 and 1 sister, Georgia Mae Rose in 1926.
Funeral services were held January 17, 1968 at Knosher Funeral Home. Elders Francis Sanders and George Scofield of Goldendale and Elder Sylvester Cooper of The Dalles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints were in charge of the services. Interment was the in the Spring Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers were E.C. Sturgis, Howard Masters, George Sunderman, George Scofield, Merle Winterstein and Doyle Keller.