Janell Brown

Janell Ann Brown, 75, of Great Falls, manager of the Cascade Senior Center, died on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Golden Eagle Plaza of natural causes.A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2012 at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel.Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery.Schnider Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.Janell Ann Brown was born on October 24, 1936 in Perkins County, South Dakota to Maynard and Ruth Koch.She attended school there.She met and married Dean Brown in 1956.They had nine children.He passed away on October 25, 2000.She was the co-owner and publisher of the Boulder Monitor, Judith Basin Press, Belt Valley Times, Cascade Courier, and the Montana Legionnaire. Janell was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Cascade Senior Center.She enjoyed sewing, playing Pinochle and Bingo, and reading.Janell is survived by her daughters, Cindy Wootton of Renton, WA, Cathy Clark of Washburn, ND, Sandy Roberts of Sterling, KS and Patricia Haagenson of Great Falls; sons Michael Brown of Missoula, Thomas Brown of Butte, Robert Brown of Evansville, IN, and Richard Brown, of Frenchtown; sisters Rea Cassidy of Casper, WY and Mary Ellen Koch of Rapid City, SD; brothers Lynn Koch of Helena, Doug Koch of Missoula, and Cordell Koch of West Palm Beach, FL; 31 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.She is preceded in death by her parents, Maynard and Ruth Koch, her husband, Dean B. Brown and her daughter, Mary Lyn Okuly.Memorials in Janells name can be made to Cascade Senior Center, 101 South Front, Cascade, MT 59421.Condolences for the family may be left at www.schniderfuneralhome.com.