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Martha Iona “Ina” Spry Brown

Birth	:	31 May 1898 Utica, Seward County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	29 Oct 1999 Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA
Burial	:	Holyoke Memorial Park, Holyoke, Phillips County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5736744, -102.2816420
Description	:	Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, November 4, 1999 Martha Iona "Ina" Spry Brown was born May 31, 1898 in Utica, NE to Charles H. and Violet [Dickey] Spry. She died Friday, October 29, 1999, at Prairie Vista Care Center in Holyoke, at the age of 101. Martha Iona Brown, who was known as "Ina," spent most of her childhood in the Utica, NE area. She did live in Indiana for two years, having traveled there by covered wagon with her family when she was a year and a half. She had one older brother, James Andrew, and two younger sisters, Arminta May and... Read More	Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, November 4, 1999 Martha Iona "Ina" Spry Brown was born May 31, 1898 in Utica, NE to Charles H. and Violet [Dickey] Spry. She died Friday, October 29, 1999, at Prairie Vista Care Center in Holyoke, at the age of 101. Martha Iona Brown, who was known as "Ina," spent most of her childhood in the Utica, NE area. She did live in Indiana for two years, having traveled there by covered wagon with her family when she was a year and a half. She had one older brother, James Andrew, and two younger sisters, Arminta May and Winnie Marie. Ina's family lived on a farm, and she helped with the farm chores and house work. When she was a child, she earned her first money hauling water for the thrashing crew. She met her future husband who was from Yorktown, IN, when she was 16 years old. Martha Iona Spry was united in marriage to Delmar Clayton Brown in Utica, NE on September 16, 1916. Their first home was in Tamora, NE. They moved to a farm from there, and in March of 1918 they moved to Paoli, where they made their home for a number of years. Ina and her husband went to work with a sodbreaking crew, where she did all the cooking. She and her husband lived in a cook shack on wheels, moving it to wherever they were working. The Browns bought the Paoli Hotel and ran it for a year. They lived in a number of places and worked at vaious jobs during the early 1920s. Her husband took employment in grain elevator construction, so the Browns traveled a great deal, moving from town to town because of his work. Mr. and Mrs. Brown relocated to Holyoke in 1947. They lived in a house that her husband built on Bowman Avenue. Ina's husband died September 29, 1967, and she remained in that house until May 3, 1974, when Mrs. Brown moved to another house on South Phelan Avenue. She remained there, caring for herself, until she entered Prairie Vista Care Center in January of 1997. Ina was a member of the Presbyterian Church, first in Paoli and then in Holyoke. She served as treasurer of the Holyoke Presbyterian Church for a number of years and held offices in the Dorcas Society. She enjoyed traveling, especially to visit her relatives. Mrs. Brown kept a journal for many years, providing an excellent record of the events and travels in her life as well as detailed information about her family and church. Ina Brown was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brother; and one sister. Survivors include one sister, Winnie Stewart of Greeley; four nephews and nieces, John Sullivan and wife Marianne of Holyoke, Joan Long and husband Forest, of Holyoke, Keith Sullivan and wife, Donna of Julesburg, and Norma Broeder of Hershey, NE; and several great-nieces and great-nephews. Services for Martha Iona Spry Brown were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 1999, at Schmidt-Baucke Funeral Chapel in Holyoke. Interment followed in Holyoke Memorial Park. Officiating at the services was Rev. Jim Blake of the Christian Church in Holyoke.

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Martha Iona “Ina” Spry Brown death on 29 Oct 1999 in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, USA
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Latitude: 40.5736744
Longitude: -102.2816420

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Henry Spry

(1867 - 1937)

Violet Dickey Spry

(1878 - 1969)

Spouse

Delmar Clayton Brown

(1889 - 1967)

Siblings

James Andrew Spry

(1895 - 1920)

Arminta M. Spry Sullivan

(1910 - 1943)

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Coordinate: 40.5736744, -102.2816420

2. Dunkard Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6438000, -102.1356400

3. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5498000, -102.0909000

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Coordinate: 40.5849991, -102.4753036

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7. Paoli Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6286011, -102.4832993

8. Jarvis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5060997, -102.5117035

9. Fairfield Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6934000, -102.5126000

10. Greenlawn Cemetery
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13. Haxtun Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6436000, -102.6372000

14. Johnson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.3072960, -102.1701590

15. Brower Ranch Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.3378230, -102.5000080

16. Bryant Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4728012, -102.6382980

17. Green Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8650000, -102.2284090

18. Hughes Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.3224983, -102.0500031

19. Rockland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4522031, -102.6924118

20. Pleasant View Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4375000, -101.8557968

21. Chase Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5525017, -101.8078003

22. Fort Sedgwick Post Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9430477, -102.3804646

23. Hillside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9692001, -102.2406006

24. Wilson Family Ranch Cemetery
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