lola Myrtle (schofield) brown
Lola Myrtle Brown, daughter of Frank and Louisa Schofield, was born December 26, 1884 on a farm near White Cloud, Kansas.
She spent her entire life at various locations in Eastern and Central Kansas. She was united in marriage to George Waite Brown April 19, 1905 at Willis, Kansas. To this union were born three children, two daughters, and a son; Iva Marie Kinglsey and Ella Irene Epp of Augusta and Franklin P. Brown of Wichita.
She joined the church at an early age and was a member of the Congregational Church at Highland, Kansas until it was disbanded. For a number of years she was a member of the Eastern Star.
She graduated from Highland High School with the highest honors. She was at that time regarded as one of the most scholarly of the public school graduates. She gave the valedictory address even though she was seriously ill at the time. The subject was "Moral Courage."
The main thought was that moral courage is displayed not by going and thinking with the multitude but by daring to do and stand by what one thinks is right even if one has to do and stand alone.
She lived by this standard, was the best of mothers, and always gave of herself to others.
Left to mourn her loss are her two daughters, Iva Kingsley and Ella Epp, Augusta, her son and daughter in law Franklin and Ruth Brown, Wichita; granddaughter Beverly Jean Smitherman and her husband Junior Smitherman, great-grandson Leon Smitherman III of LaJolla, Calif., two nieces Mary Spaulding and Jean Schaible. (El Dorado Times, February 1, 1979)
She spent her entire life at various locations in Eastern and Central Kansas. She was united in marriage to George Waite Brown April 19, 1905 at Willis, Kansas. To this union were born three children, two daughters, and a son; Iva Marie Kinglsey and Ella Irene Epp of Augusta and Franklin P. Brown of Wichita.
She joined the church at an early age and was a member of the Congregational Church at Highland, Kansas until it was disbanded. For a number of years she was a member of the Eastern Star.
She graduated from Highland High School with the highest honors. She was at that time regarded as one of the most scholarly of the public school graduates. She gave the valedictory address even though she was seriously ill at the time. The subject was "Moral Courage."
The main thought was that moral courage is displayed not by going and thinking with the multitude but by daring to do and stand by what one thinks is right even if one has to do and stand alone.
She lived by this standard, was the best of mothers, and always gave of herself to others.
Left to mourn her loss are her two daughters, Iva Kingsley and Ella Epp, Augusta, her son and daughter in law Franklin and Ruth Brown, Wichita; granddaughter Beverly Jean Smitherman and her husband Junior Smitherman, great-grandson Leon Smitherman III of LaJolla, Calif., two nieces Mary Spaulding and Jean Schaible. (El Dorado Times, February 1, 1979)