Obituary of Josephine Brown

JUNCTION CITY – A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sat., Nov. 19 at the Junction City United Methodist Church for Jo Brown of Eugene, formerly of Junction City, who died Nov. 14 from age-related causes. She was 87.She was born Oct. 26, 1924, in Tucson, Arizona, to Joe and Lula Olney Oatis. She married Jerry Mason Brown in November 1944 in Tucson. They moved to Lane County in 1945. He died in 1981.She was a homemaker and with her husband owned The Jerry Brown Company, Inc. and other business interests.She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, a charter member of Soroptimist International of Junction City, a charter member of Shadow Hills Country Club, and a member of the Junction City United Methodist Church. She served on the Junction City City Council in 1983-84 and was mayor of Junction City in 1985-86. The Junction City-Harrisburg Area Chamber of Commerce named her Citizen of the Year in 1986.Survivors include a daughter, Jeri Beard of Junction City, and a son, Larry of Eugene; 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.Inurnment will be private. Arrangements by Murphy-Musgrove Funeral Home of Junction City.Remembrances to the Soroptimist Endowment Scholarship Fund at Education Together Foundation, PO Box 523, Junction City, OR 97448.A lunch for family and friends will take place after the memorial service at Shadow Hills Country Club.