Helen Louise Brown

Helen Louise Brown, age 85, of Woodland, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on May 15, 2022, and is now in heaven with her husband, whom she missed so much. Helen was born on September 24, 1936, in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Howard and Georgia (Wolfe) Davis.

Helen was a 1955 graduate of Lake Odessa High School. On August 14, 1955, she married Gordon Brown, and they enjoyed 44 years together until his passing.

Helen was a homemaker and liked to crochet, knit, and sew. She attended Woodland United Methodist Church.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents Howard and Georgia Davis, her husband Gordon Brown, brothers Lavern, Arnold, and George Davis, and sister Winifred Jones.

She is survived by her children Debbie (Gary) Hieftje, Diane (Doug) Neeb, Denise (Carl) Timmer, and Darrell Brown, 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and sisters-in-law Rose Davis and Marian (Al) VanMeter.

Memorial Contributions can be made in memory of Helen to Centrica Care Navigators Hospice https://centricacare.org/giving/, 7100 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009 or the Barry County Commission on Aging, https://www.barrycf.org/funds/barry-county-commission-on-aging-fund/, 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI 49058.

Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at 1:00 PM at Girrbach Funeral Home, 328 S Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058, with a visitation one hour prior at Noon, Rev. Kenneth Scheck II officiating. Interment at Woodland Memorial Park, luncheon to follow at Grace Lutheran Church of Hastings. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, to leave an online condolence visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net.