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Lois H. Brown, Lake Ariel, died early Saturday morning in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness. She was the widow of Derwin Brown who died in 2016.

Born 1927 in Lake Ariel, she was the daughter of the late Leslie Allan and Alice Bidwell Hafler and was educated in the Lake Consolidated School. Lois was a dedicated member of the Lake Ariel United Methodist Church and many of its organizations. Prior to her retirement she had been employed as a court reporter for Wayne County Judges Rutherford, Conway and Hamel. She was a member of the Lake Ariel Fire Company Auxiliary and was a past matron and life member of the Harriet Green Chapter 198 Order of the Eastern Star.

Also surviving are her extended family Linda Malakin and her husband Theodore, Jr; Bridget Delemarre and her husband Ed and their daughter Morgan and Ted Malakin and his companion Jess Repa.; nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by her beloved son Wayne Brown who died in 1972 and her brother Glenn Hafler.

Services will be Thursday morning in the James Wilson Funeral Home 143 Gravity Rd. Lake Ariel at 11am with members of the Order of the Eastern Star officiating their funeral service immediately followed by Rev. Wendy D’Agostino officiating the religious portion of the funeral service.

Friends may call Thursday morning from 10am until time of service.

Interment, Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Lake Ariel United Methodist Church 110 Maple Ave. Lake Ariel, PA 18436 or to the Harriet Green Chapter 198 OES c/o Laura Fryzel 625 Sterling Rd. Sterling, PA 18436.

For directions, to share a memory or to express your condolences please visit www.jameswilsonfuneralhome.com.