Mary Jean Brown

DECLO – Mary Jean Holmes Brown, a 62-year-old resident of Declo, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at the Cassia Regional Medical Center in Burley.

Jean was the first child of Joseph Evan and Mary Edgar Holmes. She was born at the old Cottage Hospital on Aug. 15, 1949. She was a lifetime resident of the Burley area. She attended schools in Burley, graduating from Burley High School in 1967. She graduated from Ricks College and also attended Brigham Young University and Idaho State University. She was a secretary at the J.R. Simplot plant in Heyburn for many years until its closing.

She married Hugh Dellos Brown on May 25, 1996, and they made their home in Heyburn until the plant closed. They then moved to Declo where they were residing at the time of her death.

She was a member of the LDS Church and enjoyed crocheting and embroidery work.

Jean is survived by her husband, Hugh Dellos Brown of Declo; her mother, Mary E. Holmes of Burley; two sisters, Sharon (Dennis) Lowder of Draper, Utah, and Marilyn Schell of Kimberly; one brother, Thomas J. Holmes of Boulder, Colorado; and her nieces and nephews whom she loved very dearly.

She was preceded in death by her father, Joseph E. Holmes in 1973; and a brother-in-law, Mike Schell.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 11, at the Declo LDS Stake Center, 213 W. Main St., in Declo, with Bishop Garth Searle officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery.

Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church.