Jean Brown

Doris Jean Brown, age 97, of Garnett, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at Parkview Heights in Garnett, Kansas.

Doris Jean Clinkenbeard was born on March 31, 1927, in Lebanon, Missouri, the youngest child to Ernest and Ora (Bolles) Clinkenbeard. Doris was a graduate of Lebanon High School with the Class of 1944. She went on to achieve her nursing degree at Springfield Baptist Hospital. She had been offered a scholarship to The Juilliard School but due to war and the state of the country she chose nursing.

She married Nollan Edward Brown in July of 1948 and together they had 4 children, Steve, Nancy, Elizabeth (Lisa) and Jayne. They divorced after 45 years of marriage.

She was in the original group of nurses that assisted in opening the Anderson County Hospital around 1951. She was an RN there until May 1971 when she became the Director of Nursing for the Osawatomie State Hospital and served in that position until her retirement in 1987.

She was an active member of the First Christian Church in Garnett where she lived and raised her children. Jean was very involved in the choir and for many years with Bible School teachings.

After her divorce, Jean became a mover and a traveler. Anywhere she moved she was active in her church choir. She was very independent and purchased a small RV around the age of 67 and traveled by herself for a few years to some of her favorite places in the United States.

She attended as many grandkids' and great grandkids' events as possible as her family was her priority. Family history was also important to her and genealogy, which she studied and compiled for her Bolles and Clinkenbeard ancestry.

Jean is preceded in death by her parents, sister Jewel Palmer, brothers Jessie and Dale Clinkenbeard, daughter Jayne Poss, son Steve Brown and grandson Kevin Rush.

She is survived by daughters Nancy Bain (& Jeff) of Pryor, OK, Elizabeth (Lisa) Minis of Kansas City, MO; daughter-in-law Brenda Brown of Garnett, son-in-law Stephen Poss of Greeley. Also her grandchildren Angie, Brad, James, Dana, Jason, Hannah, Rachel, Emily, Meghan and Carly and 37 great-grandchildren and 3 great- great grandchildren with one on the way.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30AM on Monday, December 23, 2024, at the First Christian Church in Garnett, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Garnett Cemetery. Her family will greet friends from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett, Kansas. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church or Leukemia Society and left in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com