Wanda May Brown

Wanda May Brown, 80, of Goshen, died Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at Goshen Hospital.

She was born January 26, 1939, in Goshen to Arthur and Marcella (Keim) Coy.

On February 14, 1959 she married Wayne “Sonny” Allen Brown in Syracuse.  He died September 13, 2006.

Survivors include a daughter, Lisa (John) Peterson of Syracuse; three sons, Larry (Kitty) Brown of Millersburg, Ty (Kelly) Brown of Goshen and Steve (Annette) Brown of Wakarusa; 10 grandchildren, Elizabeth, Damian, Joshua, Virginia, Michael, Nick, Nate, Neal, Atousha and Yenna; 16 great-grandchildren and a sister, Patty (Arthur) Horn of Mentone.

Along with her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Wayne Brown; two sisters, Virginia Wyland and Betty Hire and two brothers, Dale and Marvin Coy.

Wanda loved her family and flowers and enjoyed spending time with her sister getting their nails done together.

A lifelong area resident, Wanda worked at Johnson Controls.  Following retirement she worked at Pak-A-Sak.  Wanda was very active with the DAV, where she volunteered and played bingo.  She attended St. Mark’s United Methodist Church.

Visitation will be Friday, August 9, 2019, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour prior to the 10 a.m. funeral service Saturday at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home.  Pastor Ed Geleske, Wakarusa United Methodist Church will officiate.

Burial will follow in Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen.

Memorial gifts may be given to the Goshen DAV.