Wilma Mae (Potee) Brown, 91 , passed away on January 14, 2022, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. She was born April 23, 1930 in Ames, IA to Lindley and Daisy (Stoll) Potee.
She graduated from Ames High School in 1948 and married her high school sweetheart, Robert (Bob) Edwin Brown on July 30, 1950. Wilma received nurses’ aid training and worked in hospitals and a nursing home. Together, she and Bob served pastorates for 43 years in Louisburg; Memphis, TN; Van Buran, AR; Fort Dodge, IA; Wichita; Scott City; Parsons, Sterling, CO, and Colby. They spent 20+ years of their retirement in Parsons before moving to Schowalter Villa in Hesston, KS in 2012.
Wilma was part of many organizations including B.P.W., Parsons Amateur Woodworkers, Board member at Kansas Christian Home, Colorado Christian Home, Red Cross, and many other community and church organizations.
Survivors include: sons, David (LeeAnn) Brown, El Reno, OK; Jim (Stephanie) Brown, Augusta; daughter Cindy (Randall) Loucks, Hesston; grandchildren Shawn (Sarah Estes), Jeremey Brown, Krista Miller (John), Micah (Lucy) Loucks, Jared (Madison) Brown, Ana (Juan Carlos Diaz Quesada) Diaz Loucks, Emma (David) Dunsmoor; 18 (soon to be 20) great-grandchildren,
She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Vivian Potee, three nieces and a nephew.
Preceded in death by husband, Robert Brown, grandson, Stacy Schwartz, and brother, Milton Potee.
Memorial services will take place at Whitestone Mennonite Church, on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Family will greet guests following the service.