Mona Jean Brown

June 24, 1927 - June 28, 2019

Mona Jean Brown, 92, of New Castle, passed away on June 28, 2019 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She was born June 24, 1927 in the Mt. Pleasant area of Delaware County, Indiana, a daughter of the late Jerry and Iva (Harris) Brown. The youngest of 12, Mona Jean attended Center School in Delaware County. She married the love of her life, Charles S. Brown Jr. on July 5, 1946. Mona worked at Ball Brothers, Stokely-Van Camp, Ft. Benjamin Harrison Finance Center and owned Mona’s Little Shoppe in New Castle from 1970 till 1981. She loved crafts, the Indiana Pacers, playing card games and spending time with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her family. She enjoyed playing golf, watching horse racing, and seeing her grandchildren play sports. Mona dearly loved her “Thursday Nite Dinners” with Shelley, Lee, Case and Cobe. Her family affectionately call her “Grannie”. Mona greatly enjoyed spending time with her husband in Florida and shelling on the beach. She was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church and had also been a member of Sigma Phi Gamma. Those left to cherish Mona Jean’s memory include a daughter, Inga (husband: Randy) Neal of New Castle; a son, Jeffrey (wife: Kelli) Brown of Shelbyville; four grandchildren, Shelley Jo (husband: Lee) York of New Castle, Scottie (wife: Chrisann) Neal of New Castle, Jeffrey Charles Brown of Vevay, and Spencer Davis Brown of Shelbyville; six great-grandchildren, Jett, Duke, Jorie and Briggs Neal, and Case and Cobe York as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles S. Brown Jr., on June 25, 2002 and 11 brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, July 5, 2019 at Sproles Family Funeral Home with Pastor Carol Wiley officiating. Burial will follow in Old Mt. Pleasant Cemetery on Buck Creek Pike just inside Delaware County. Friends may call from noon until the time of service Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be offered to The Indiana United Methodist Children’s Home, 515 W. Camp St. Lebanon, IN, 46052. You may send the family a personal condolence at www.sprolesfamilycares.com. The Sproles family and staff are honored to serve the family of Mona Jean Brown.