Elaine Jean Brown
Jun 7th, 2022
On June 7, 2022, Elaine Jean Brown passed away at the age of 86. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Merle Hemperly of Denver, CO. Elaine was predeceased by her loving husband, William L. Brown. She is survived by her four children from her first marriage, Stephen L. Edwards of Hyannis, MA, Larry G. Edwards of LaGrange, GA, Richard G. Edwards of Shrewsbury, MA and James R. Edwards of South Yarmouth, MA and her grandchildren Alexandra Edwards, Braeland Edwards, Chandra Edwards, Lindsay Edwards, Jack Edwards and Ryan Edwards and great-grandson Kai Edwards.
As a child, she enjoyed spending time with her Mom, Dad, sister Rita and brothers Al and Earl hiking and fishing in the streams of the Rocky Mountains. Elaine loved music and started playing the piano at age four. She became a well accomplished pianist and vocalist, volunteering her time in the local church choir and Sunday school classes. Elaine gave piano lessons to her sons while they were growing up. She used her passion for music to teach her deaf son James, how to speak and pronounce words. She enjoyed sewing and could always be counted on to make a shirt or two for herself and her sons. Elaine had a sharp eye and a steady hand and regularly gave her sons haircuts for the weekly trip to church. As a mother who single-handedly raised four boys, she believed in hard work, personal responsibility and self-sufficiency.
The light of Elaine’s life was her late husband Bill, her second husband of 38 years. They were inseparable. They enjoyed traveling the USA together. They loved the camper lifestyle and spent many winters at campground sites in Florida. As much as she enjoyed traveling, Elaine always felt most at home in South Yarmouth. She loved assisting Bill, an accomplished cabinet maker, with his many woodworking and home improvement projects. Her youngest son, James, took over her day to day care in the final years of her life. This allowed Elaine to stay in the home she loved and cherished.
A graveside service for family and friends will be held on June 24, 2022 at 12:00 o’clock noon in Chandler Gray Cemetery,161 Old Mill Way, West Yarmouth, MA.