Edna Geneva (Sims) Brown went to her heavenly home July 20, 2011, at the age of 87. 

Edna moved from George West, Texas, to Tulare in 1937, where she attended Tulare schools and graduated from Tulare Union High School. 

Edna lived in the Visalia and Woodlake areas from 1944 to 1982, and taught second grade in Woodlake from 1966 until 1982, where she also served as PTA president. 

She moved to Brookings,  where she lived from 1988 until 2005. Edna loved Brookings and was very active in Brookings Church of the Nazarene. In 2005 she moved to Coon Rapids, Minn., where she lived until her death.

Edna was married to Ken Brown, of Coon Rapids, having met and married at KJNP Mission in North Pole, Alaska, in 1982, after the heavenly home-going of their spouses. Edna’s children are: Grant Sims (deceased), Nancy Shackelford, Rob Sims, Gena Edmiston, and Russ Sims. Ken’s children are: Gail Ledoux, Lois Franzky, Michael Brown, Mary Hashman, Deborah Burt (deceased), Mark Brown, and Diane DeBoe. 

Edna was active in the Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church, including their new church building program, as a choir director and youth leader. Edna was blessed with a quick wit, sense of adventure, loving heart of a teacher and friend to everyone she met. She was an inspiration and a living testimony to the Lord. Her children, stepchildren, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and their families, and all who knew her will miss her immensely. 

A celebration of Edna’s life will be held Oct. 15, at the home of Joe and Barbara Hallmeyer, in Woodlake.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to KJNP Mission, P.O. Box 56359, North Pole, AK 99705.

Condolences may be offered at www.millerchapel. com

Submitted by Miller 

Memorial Chapel, Visalia, Calif.