Shirley Brown

Shirley Joy Brown maiden name Turner was born on Valentine's Day in 1927 and passed Jan. 12 in Loveland. Two very fitting symbols for the arc of her life--for she was truly a sweetheart. She graduated from Greeley High in 1945, attended secretarial school in Denver and worked as a bank teller, legal secretary and business owner until retiring in 1991. In 1961, she was named secretary of the year while working at Houchins and Houchins in Greeley. She also lived in Cheyenne, Page, Arizona, and Wenatchee, Washington. She and her husband, Owen Brown, returned to Colorado in 1992 after about 12 years in and around Portland, Ore. Six years after Owen passed, she married Roy Brown of Livermore in 1998. Roy departed in October of 2003. She spent much of her time as a volunteer at the senior center in Fort Collins. Shirley is survived by her son, Jerry; and daughter-in-law, Sharon Brown of Red Lodge, Mont.; step-son, Stan Brown and and his wife, Claudia Rolles, of Livermore; step-son, Chuck Brown, also of Livermore; her brother, Art Turner of Fort Bragg, Calif.; her cats and dog, Nicky. Her Friday Yahtzee gang will miss her, and her them. A private family service will be held. Friends may send condolences to the family at bohlenderfuneralchapel.com.