Hope Brown

Hope Marie Brown, of Staples, MN, the 21 month old daughter of Robby and Amanda Brown, died on Saturday, March 24, 2001, at Children?s Hospital in Minneapolis following a battle with leukemia. Services will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with Pastor Bradley Skogen and Pastor Steve Sveom officiating. Friends may call at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples on Monday, from 5 to 8 PM. Burial will be in the Poplar Cemetery near Leader.
Hope Marie Brown was born on June 23, 1999, in Winona, MN, to Robby and Amanda (Bendson) Brown. She was baptized at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples in September of 1999. Hope was loved by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her, and she touched many hearts in her brief time with us.

Hope is survived by her parents, Robbie and Amanda Brown, and her brother, Gage, all of Staples; maternal grandparents, Alan and Joan Bendson of Leader, MN; paternal grandparents, Ernest Brown, Jr. of Staples and Jeanne Brown of Staples; great-grandparents, Joe and Vi Mack of Osage, MN, Hazel Brown of Butler, MN, Evelyn Bendson of Staples, and Ed and Ethel Smith of Lincoln, MN; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends. Hope is now in heaven with her great-grandparents, Lois Smith, Ernest Brown and Edward Bendson.