Thelma E. Brown, 89, of East Hampstead, NH, died Tuesday December 27, 2011 in the Parkland Medical Center in Derry, NH. She was born in Chelsea, MA on March 18, 1922, a daughter of William and Doris (Pickance) Reineck. She had been a resident of East Hampstead since 1966, formerly living in Newton Junction, NH. Mrs. Brown enjoyed reading, oil painting, and was an avid genealogist.
She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Jangro and her husband William of Nashua, NH; three sons, Dr. Edward Brown and his wife Georgina of Fairhaven, VT, Wayne Brown of Danville, NH, and Norman Brown of Manchester, NH; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren; her brother, Robert Reineck of Alton, NH; her sister in law, Shirley Reineck of Wakefield, MA; two special friends, Stella Moularas, and Jane Demaine. She was predeceased by her husband Ward B. Brown in 1997.
Following cremation, she will be interred with her husband in Danville in the spring. The Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry is handling the arrangements.