Lela May Brown.... Age 75

Visitation: 6-8 pm Monday February 26, 2018 at the Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home
Service: 10:30 am Tuesday February 27, 2018 at the Eddy-Birchard Chapel
Burial: Osawatomie Cemetery
Memorials: OHS Alumni Scholarship or 1st Baptist Church of Osawatomie
send c/o Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home
P.O. Box 430
Osawatomie, KS 66064
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Lela May Brown age 75 of Osawatomie, KS died Saturday February 24, 2018 at Olathe Hospice House.

Lela was born in Osawatomie, Kansas at 200 Brown Ave, the home of her Grandparents W.M. & Eva Birchard, on June 26, 1942.  She was the third of four children born to Willis W. & Edyth (Horn) Birchard. Lela attended school at Osawatomie and graduated with the Osawatomie High School Class of 1960.

On December 30, 1961, Lela married her high school sweetheart, Larry Brown. To this union, they had one daughter Terri, born on February 2, 1968.  They made their home in Osawatomie, KS.

Lela served as a member and past president of many organizations including, OHS Alumni Association twice, ladies golf association, local JC Jaynes and Delta Epsilon. She was a member of Kansas Bowling Association and several card clubs. In her early years, she was a sponsor of Calling All Girls club and Jobs daughters club. Her hobbies include playing bridge and pitch, going to the casino, working on Sudoku puzzles and playing Free Cell on her I-Pad. She was a member of the 1 ^st Baptist Church of Osawatomie.

Those who preceded her were her parents, one sister Wilma M. (Jack L.) Johnson, two nephews Larry R. Johnson and Mike Baldwin.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years Larry of the home. Her Daughter Terri Ann DeMoss, her son-in-law W. Dean DeMoss and three granddaughters Erin (Curtis) Musgrave, Tiffany Danielle DeMoss and Allison Paige DeMoss all of Osawatomie, KS. One sister Deana (Hank) Boedicker of Paola, KS, and one brother Willis R. (Judy) Birchard of Ottawa, KS. Along with several nieces and nephews whom are dear to her heart.