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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
Jun 18, 2023
Jun 18, 2023

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'Everybody knew Frank Brown; one couldn’t miss him,' John Sumwalt says. 'He was a big strapping guy; he wore bib overalls and a faded-blue engineer’s cap. Frank was kind of a quiet guy, but I once heard him cussing out a cow who was resisting his suggestion to climb into the truck.'

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Etched on Frank Brown’s gravestone are the words 'Lover of Percherons' around a large horse’s head.

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Virginia 'Virgie' Brown's gravestone is etched with the words 'Lover of Flowers' and a picture of irises.

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Frank and Virginia 'Virgie' Brown pose for a Christmas photo.

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John Sumwalt For Agri-View

Dad called me from the farm in the fall of 1981 with that urgent, somber tone in his voice he always had when he was about to share bad news.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him.