Elizabeth V. Brown

Brown, Elizabeth Virginia

Elizabeth was born on October 16, 1937 to parents Lecolia Allen Wilson and Augustus Sutton, in Atlanta GA, and passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. She is survived by her Life Partner, Janet Mueller of Milwaukee; her children: Karen L. Dace of Chicago, Justin O. Dace Sr. of Atlanta, Louis S. Dace Jr. of Atlanta, and Sharon L. Wilson of Chicago; as well as 13 grandchildren, 1 great-granddaughter, nieces, nephews, and long-time friends. She was preceded in death by 3 of her children: Nina A. Brown, Jason E. Wilson and Cary T. Dace; her sisters: Louise, Irma, Kate, her brother George, and her two husbands: Louis Dace Sr. and Tommy L. Brown.

Elizabeth graduated from Booker T. Washington High School Class in Atlanta of 1955, where she starred on the girls’ basketball team. She raised her family of seven children in Chicago and, in the late 1980s, moved to Milwaukee. Elizabeth was an Artist, Entrepreneur, Motivator and Human Rights & Life Activist.

Family and friends will gather at the Funeral Home Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 2:00 PM until the time of Memorial Services at 3:00 PM. The Reverend Dr. Bobbie Groth, officiating.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations to the Aurora VNA Zilber Family Hospice, 1155 Honey Creek Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 or to the American Cancer Society, 19W 24350 Riverwood Drive, Pewaukee, WI 53072, be made in her name.

Suminski LifeStory Funeral Homes

Niemann / Suminski

2486 S. Kinnickinnic Ave

(414) 744-5156