Thadene Noel Moore Brown

Brown, Thadene Noel Moore, 89, homemaker, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005. She was born June 12, 1916, the daughter of Mr. J. Frederic Noel and Mrs. Thadene (Dorsey) Noel. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Thaddeus Dorsey; Mr. Zopher Tuttle, well known Wichita pioneer, was her maternal great-grandfather. Her former husband, the late George W. Moore, of Dallas, Texas, preceded her in death along with her brother, the late James F. Noel of Tulsa, Oklahoma. After attending Mount Carmel Academy, she studied at Wichita University and later enrolled at George Washington University in Washington, D. C., where she pledged Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She came back to Wichita and graduated from Wichita University. On July 22, 1994, she married Wesley E. Brown in Wichita, Kansas. She was a member of both the Wichita Junior League and the Wichita Junior League Garden Club. Survivors include her husband, Judge Wesley E. Brown; son, W. James Moore (Danna) of Dallas, Texas; daughter, Ann Moore Ellis (Jim), La Jolla, California; four grandchildren, Christopher Noel Ellis, Peter James Ellis, Elizabeth Ann Ellis and Kelly Anne Moore; two great-grandchildren, Paige and Carter Ellis plus a step-son, W. Miller Brown (Hilary) and a step-daughter, Loy Brown Wiley and four step-grandchildren, Mara A. Brown, Jennifer Wiley Gould, Elizabeth Wiley Taylor and Shana J. Brown and four step-great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be on Saturday, July 30, at 10:00 A.M. at University Congregational Church in Wichita, and at 3:00 P.M., Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church in Hutchinson, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either of the above churches in her memory. Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Memorial service 3:00 P.M., Saturday, Grace Episcopal Church, Hutchinson, KS