Katherine Jane Brown

Background

Brown, Katherine Jane was born on January 17, 1924 in Corinth, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of William Lloyd and Sara Camille (Ray) Parker.

Education

Diploma, Palestine Township High School, 1942.

Career

Postal clerk, United States Post Office, Palestine, Illinois, 1942; secretary import-export manager, John Oster Manufacturing Company, Genoa, Illinois, 1944; owner boutique, Jane's in Genoa, Illinois, 1961-1964; state editor, retired, Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois, 1964-1971; secretary-manager, Genoa Chamber of Commerce, 1971-1978.

Achievements

• Katherine Jane Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Editor,, chamber of commerce executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Parker pathways: Some ancestors and descendants of James Parker (ca. 1752-1835) and Anna Doty (1765-1830)

Membership

Fellow Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum Society (secretary 1989-1990).

Interests

• Avocations: art collection, cooking, geneology, travel in Europe, Israel and United States.

Connections

Married Frederic Warren Brown, July 9, 1944. Children: Kathy Lee Clementz, Melanie Sue Peters, Robin Eric, Frederic Warren World War II.

Father:

William Lloyd Parker

Mother:

Sara Camille (Ray) Parker

Spouse:

Frederic Warren Brown

child:

Frederic Warren World War II Brown

child:

Melanie Sue Peters Brown

child:

Robin Eric Brown

child:

Kathy Lee Clementz Brown