Obituary of Verla Ruth Brown
A livestreamed Celebration of Life will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Verla’s family invites you to participate in the service by viewing the livestream. A link to access the livestream will be placed at the bottom of Verla’s obituary on the date of the service.
Brown, Verla Ruth
Passed away peacefully on Friday, May 14, 2021 at the Freeport Campus of Grand River Hospital at the age of 94.
Cherished mother of Gregory Barrie Brown of Elmira, and Larry Robert Brown (Yana) of Mississauga.
Loved grandmother of Maksimilians, Matilda, Matthew, and Robert. Fondly remembered by Barrie’s family, many nieces, nephews and their families, and many neighbours and friends.
Predeceased by her husband C. Barrie Brown, parents Roy and Edith (Myers) Derbyshire, siblings Rees, Larry, and Ola.
Verla taught for over 20 years at John Mahood Public School and was active with the Breithaupt Swim Club. Cremation has taken place.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date and will be livestreamed to Verla’s tribute page of the funeral home website.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to Grand River Regional Cancer Centre or the Kidney Foundation of Canada would be appreciated.
www.dreisingerfuneralhome.com
Donations:
To donate direct, please send cheques or donate online to the charity of your choice. Call us at the funeral home, 519-669-2207 and we will place a card to the family (as always, we still accept cash or cheque at the funeral home)
Grand River Regional Cancer Centre
(Grand River Hospital Foundation – Regional Cancer Centre)
PO Box 9056, 835 King St. W.
Kitchener, ON N2G 1G3
519-749-4205
www.grhf.org
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
PO Box 23022 Westgate
Cambridge ON N1S 4Z6
1-800-387-4474
kidney@kidney.on.ca
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Verla
Ruth
Brown 1926 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Elmira, Province: Ontario
Our condolences to the Brown family. Verla was our neighbour fo the past 4 years. She was a lovely, gracious lady and although we didn’t socialize with her, we will miss having her as a neighbour. Gord and Marie Slater