Margaret (Jane) Hockin Brown died July 28.  Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late Harold Bertram and Anna Lenore (Murray) Hockin.  Mrs. Brown attended school in Dutton, Ohio, followed by a year at Branksome Hall in Toronto.  She graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario in London, and worked in Toronto for Trans-Canada Air Lines until she married.

Following a number of summers in the area, Mrs. Brown and her husband, the late William David (“Jim”) Brown, decided to make Duxbury their home.  Mrs. Brown became a United States citizen in 1967 and, after raising her children, she worked in the Alden Elementary School system for a number of years.  She then returned to the travel business, first for Standish Travel, then for Travel Directions.  

She leaves her son, W. David Brown of Pepper Pike, Ohio, and his wife, Sheila, her daughter Amy H. (Brown) Annis of Duxbury, and her husband, Jeffrey, and her four grandsons, Nicholas and Malcolm Brown, and William and Jonathan Annis.  She was the sister of the late John Murray Hockin of Nova Scotia and the late Harold William Hockin of London, Ontario.

Mrs. Brown also leaves by her sisters-in-law, Mrs. Martha Currie of Vancouver, BC, and Mrs. Jean Hockin of Halifax, NS; by her brother-in-law, Mr. Alexander D. Mackay of Toronto; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held at the Church of St. John the Evangelist on Saturday, Aug. 8. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Mrs. Brown’s memory to the Salvation Army (salvationarmy.org) or to the Friends of the Duxbury Free Library, P.O. Box 2092.