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Vera J. Brown

Aug. 14, 1943 – Aug. 29, 2026

Vera J. Brown, 83, East Freedom, died Saturday. She was born in Roaring Spring, daughter of the late James and Ruth (Brown) Helsel. Surviving is her husband, Ronald; children, Amy Strouse, Ronald Brown Jr. and Wendy Hoover; 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren; and siblings: Mary June Mock, Freddie Patterson, Eddie Wayne Patterson and Phyllis Knisely-Dodson. Proceeded in death by siblings: James Helsel, Sally Walter and Annabelle Glass. Friends received from noon until the 4 p.m. funeral service on Thursday, Sept. 3, at Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc. Interment will take place at Claysburg Union Cemetery.

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