OBITUARY

Danice Lilly Brodhead Brown

March 30, 1936–January 1, 2021

Danice, 84, passed away New Year's Day, 2021 of natural causes and is now celebrating with our Lord in heaven.

She was born March 30, 1936 in Dayton Wash., to Morvan and Phyllis Hatfield Brodhead. She joined an older sibling Clive (Sonny) and later a younger brother Merald (Rusty). Her mom and Morvan divorced and she married Jay Rayburn and they gave her another brother Phil. Her dad also remarried Dorothy and she finally had a sister Sharon followed by another sister J'Anna.

She graduated the 8th grade at Columbia School (School district No. 1–the first school district in the State of Washington). She then went to high school at Dayton High until her senior year when she married William (Bill) Brown October 27, 1953. They had three daughters Terry Jean, Sherrie Lee, and Shelene Ann. She drove school bus for the Wenatchee School District for 10 years. Bill was the Vo-Ag teacher at Wenatchee High School starting in 1968.

They purchased 20 acres of orchard and a home in Monitor, Wash. Bill was well known for his Christmas lights display on the hill in Monitor. After his death in 2001 the Monitor firemen continued his tradition by installing his Christmas lights annually followed by Taco soup and caramel rolls made by Danice. She lived on the farm for several years then moved to East Wenatchee.

Danice belonged to the Monitor United Methodist Church and a Friday pinochle club. She enjoyed going to Mill Bay and going on cruises. She went on 23 cruises including up the Amazon, Bora Bora, the Panama Canal, Singapore, the Mediterranean and Australia. She says that probably her favorite was Singapore.

Danice was survived by two daughters Sherrie Branam and Shelene Brown, two brothers Merald Brodhead (Rusty), Phil Rayburn, and step brother Lawrence Rayburn; seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She also was survived by her "son" Steve Mongeon.

She was preceded in death by all her parents, her husband Bill, daughter Terry Espino, and "son" Lynn Gahringer.

In lieu of flowers, Danice would like donations made to the Hatfield/Brodhead scholarship fund in Dayton Wash., or the Humane Society.

Because of COVID a celebration of life will be postponed until a later date.