Mary Isabelle (Fuller) Brown |
| Posted 2011-04-11 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ October 22, 1997 Mary Isabelle Fuller Brown of Prescott, died Oct. 7 in Prescott. She was 90. Mrs. Brown was born Feb. 27, 1907 in Pine, when Arizona was still a territory. She was lifelong resident of Arizona and with her husband, F. V. Bud Brown, ranched and later raised champion Paso Peruvian show horses. Mrs. Brown was a member of Las Damas in Wickenburg, from the group’s beginning. In addition to her husband of 67 years, she is survived by a son, Tim Brown of Roseburg, Org.; daughters Frances Whetten of Cottonwood, Bebe May of Prescott, and Peg Kennedy and Mary T. Brown, both of Cordes Junction; brothers Chester Fuller of Wickenburg and Dan Fuller of Litchfield park; 14 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren. Services have been held. The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ October 22, 1997 Mary Isabelle Fuller Brown of Prescott, died Oct. 7 in Prescott. She was 90. Mrs. Brown was born Feb. 27, 1907 in Pine, Arizona Territory, to Addison E. “Ross” Fuller and Katherine Isabelle “Kate” (Byers) Fuller. She was co-director at Friendly Pines Camp in Prescott for many years. She attend Pine Elementary School, Camp Verde High School for two years and graduated from Phoenix Union High School. She was a graduate of Lamson Business College. Her love of horses and all animals developed early on the ranch at Long Valley, where she grew up. After her marriage in 1930 to Bud Brown, they lived in Flagstaff where he taught and where their children were born. They moved to the Salt River Valley in 1936, where Bud taught high school. In the 1940s they started Bud Brown’s Barn in Phoenix and Friendly Pines Camp in Prescott. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Church of the Beautitudes in Phoenix, Las Dams in Wickenburg and Desert Saddle Bags. She is remembered by many campers to Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scout camps as the person who first taught them to ride horseback. She and Bud imported and breed Peruvan Paso horses in the 1960s and 1970s and showed many of them to championships. Mrs. Brown was active in the promotion and preservation of trails on both the state and national level. A bronze plaque dedicates the Groom Creek Horse Camp to her and a rare honor was bestowed when the U. S. Forest Service named a Prescott National Forest trail for her. She also enjoyed (and was enjoyed by ) her family, gardening, training dogs to advance levels and she took up endurance riding after the age of 60. She completed the arduous Tevis “100 miles-in-day” Ride three times, the last at age 75. Survivors include her loving and caring husband of 67 years, F. V. Bud Brown of Prescott; son Tim Brown of Roseburg, Ore.; daughters Frances Whetten of Cottonwood, Bebe May of Prescott, Peg Kennedy and Mary T. Brown, both of Cordes Junction; brothers Chester Fuller of Wickenburg and Dan Fuller of Litchfield Park; 14 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by sisters Pearl Percy, Georgianna Fuller and Louise Rau, and brothers, Revilo “Bud” Fuller and Tom Fuller. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at Friendly Pines Camp, 933 Friendly Pines Rd., in Prescott, with Rev. Jack May officiating. In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorials to Pine Historical Museum, c/o Lufkin Hunt, Pine, AZ 85544 or Alzheimers Association, 1028 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85006 or the charity of your choice. Arizona Ruffner Walkelin Funeral Home in Prescott assisted the family with arrangements. |
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