Vivian Brown

A graveside service will be held, 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 2, 2018 at the IOOF Cemetery in Bandon for long-time Bandon and Coos County resident, Vivian Marie Brown.

Vivian was born August 3, 1928 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Archibald & Ester Kolander House.  She died October 23, 2018 in Coquille at the age of 90.

She was raised and educated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She moved to Oregon in the early 1950’s and she worked for the Ocean Spray Cannery in Coquille, where she met her future husband, Martin Kranick.  They were married in 1952 and moved to Bandon where they bought his family’s cranberry farm.  After Martin died in 1963, she continued to run the farm by herself as one of the first women to operate a cranberry farm.  She married Floyd Brown in 1970 and they continued to operate the farm until his passing.  Her wish was to have the farm become a Century Farm, which it did in 2017.

She was a member of the Rebekah’s Lodge, the Grange and the Ladies Dew Valley Club House along with being a member of the Bandon Frist Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her four sons, Douglas Kranick, Gordon Kranick, David Kranick and Ronnie Kranick along with numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands Martin Kranick and Floyd Brown and her brothers, Eugene and Ivan.

Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder Funeral Service, Bandon Chapel.  Friends may leave condolences at westrumfuneralservice.com

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