MEADE – Mary E. Brownlee, age 91, died early Tuesday morning, December 4, 2007, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.

She was born May 15, 1916, at Fowler, Kansas, the daughter of David J. and Elizabeth (Wright) Brownlee. As a young girl, she attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1933 as Salutatorian Upon her graduation, she taught school for seven years. She then later joined the United States Army serving during World War II and the Korean Conflict as an Occupational Therapist.

In 1948, she married Max McVey in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The couple later divorced. She was a resident of Meade since 1977, moving from Muskogee.

She was a member of the Associate Presbyterian Church, Minneola and enjoyed crafts and was an avid reader.

She is survived by:

A sister, Jean Easterday of Meade, Kansas

Her nieces and nephews, Boyd Orr of rural Fowler, Kansas, Joyce Beery of Ingalls, Kansas,
Dave Easterday of Tyrone, Oklahoma, Cheryl Sharick of Prosperity, South Carolina, Erma Prutow of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Brent Orr of Wray, Colorado, Peggy Houston of Omaha, Nebraska, John Tedford of Minneola, Kansas, James Tedford of Greensburg, Kansas, Donald Tedford of Minneola, Kansas, & Elizabeth Tedford of Minneola, Kansas

She is preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Hazel Orr and Isabel Tedford.

Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, December 6, 2007, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, with the Reverend Susan Greene presiding. Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will follow in the Fowler Cemetery, Fowler