Madelon Rose Brown Young

Rochester: Madelon was born on October 7, 1921 in Holiday (Crooked Creek), PA and died on April 6, 2019.

Predeceased by her brother, Russell Revere Brown, great nephew Mark Elliott Brown, nephew Thomas Elliott Brown and niece Joanne Rose Brown Cochran; Madelon is survived by her nephew, Donald Ross Brown (Rochester, NY); Marjorie Lawton Brown, widow of Thomas Brown; great-nieces & great-nephew, Janet Brown (Aaron) Hale, Joyce Brown (Jason) Butler, Alan (Tabatha) Brown; three great-great nephews, (Mitchell, Sawyer, Maverick) and great-great niece, Heidi (Tioga and Middlebury Center, PA), niece Barbara Weinhart (Naples, NY), cousins and many, many close friends & supportive prayer partners.

Madelon graduated Wellsboro High School in 1939, Mansfield State Teachers College (Mansfield University) in 1943, Temple University, Philadelphia (abt 1952); she was instrumental in the initiation and organization of more than a dozen Philadelphia Child Day Care centers during WWII that allowed mothers to work on behalf of the war effort.  She taught grammar school in Philadelphia and the Corning-Painted Post School Districts, retiring from the Erwin Valley Elementary School in 1978.

Madelon spent her retirement years deeply involved with the spiritual life of Elim Gospel Church, Lima, NY, enriching all those with whom she had contact.  Following severe physical health set-backs in 2010, Madelon resided at Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester, NY where her warm personality and deeply spiritual convictions were displayed daily to friends, visitors and staff.

A Memorial Service of Joy & Celebration will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Elim Gospel Church,1679 Dalton Road, Lima, NY 14485; reception fellowship will follow.

Final committal of her ashes will be at 2 PM, Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Fairview Cemetery, Holiday (Middlebury Center), PA 16935; Pastor Dick Dreyer of Elim Gospel Church officiating, with an open invitation for family and friends to attend; reception following at Middlebury Baptist Church, hosted by Marjorie Brown.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Elim Gospel Church or Monroe Community Hospital Foundation, 435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14620.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Elim Gospel Church or Monroe Community Hospital Foundation, 435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14620.  To leave the family an online condolence, please visit www.fingerlakescremationllc.com.