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Memorials: Phoenix Friends Meeting

Carolyn Brown

Date of birth

Dec. 1, 1940*

Date of death

Sept. 1, 2012*

Meeting

Phoenix Friends Meeting
*Date(s) of birth and/or death approximate

Memorial minute

Phoenix Friends Meeting 1940-2012

Carolyn Ann Randle Brown was born in December 1940, and passed into that bright, wonderful light, to begin her grandest adventure yet, in September 2012.

This wild, wonderful, witty, whimsical, woman of adventure, is survived by her loving and very lucky children: Debra McGuire, Dianna Claassen, Dayna Brown and David Brown II; her grandchildren, Eric Claassen, Amberlee Stocksdale and Karen McGuire; her honorary sons Tommy Milladge and Leif Bjerner; her sisters, Rachel Randle and Linda Milbery; her many wonderful, kind and loving cousins, aunts and uncles; her best friends the Steel Magnolias and the Intrepids, as well as many, many more dear wonderful friends, too numerous to count.

To say Carolyn was an amazing woman is an understatement. After traveling the world for 20 years, she went back to college at the age of 35 and, in less than 3 years, earned both her Bachelors and Master of Arts degrees, graduating Summa Cum Laude, from Eastern New Mexico University. She wrote and taught numerous university courses at Rio Salado College, Glendale Community College and Grand Canyon University. She was a gifted and intuitive psychotherapist and ran the Desert Oasis Center, for over 20 years. She was a published writer, as well as a renowned storyteller, poet and musician. She loved God, her family and her friends. She relished grand parties, traveling, the outdoors, music, Wednesday night dinners, her garden and life, which she lived with elegance, exuberance, grace and joy. She was an incredible woman, filled with unfathomable strength and boundless love.

Carolyn, your wit, charm, beautiful smile, incredible voice, wonderful laugh, and loving strength will be missed and remembered, for time immeasurable.