Carole Sue Brown

Carole Sue Brown, 85, of Speedway, passed away June 10, 2025. She was born June 17, 1939 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Alonzo (Lonnie) and Mary Ella (Hill) Brummett. Her father was killed in a work-related accident when she was two years old. In time, her mother remarried Emil D. Wilson, who proved to be a wonderful and well-loved stepfather until he died in 1980. Carole was a 1957 graduate of Warren Central High School where she made many lifelong friends. In 1960 Carole married Kenneth E. Brown and began a long and happy marriage until Kenneth died in 1993. Her life goal was to be a wife and mother, and she realized that dream with the birth of two sons and a daughter. In 1977, after the children were grown, she graduated from the Indianapolis School of Practical Nursing. She was employed as an L.P.N. for Canterbury Nursing Facility from 1977 until her retirement in 1994. Carole was a devoted Christian, attending several churches throughout her lifetime and always working with the youngest children, where she provided them with crafts and age-appropriate lessons, drawing on her energy to do so. She was a beloved Sunday School teacher for many years, and was employed as a Preschool Teacher at Speedway United Methodist Church for several years. Carole loved spending weekends at her vacation home in Cunot, Indiana with her husband and family. She traveled to various Mayan sites in Mexico with Kenneth and later took her granddaughter to Europe. No one ever left her home without breakfast, even if they didn’t want it! She believed in breakfast! During holidays, she would make her delicious pumpkin pies and seafoam salad with a festive meal focused on celebration, complete with candles and oil lamps. She and Kenny worked as a team on these family events! Her family was supremely important to her, and in later years, known as Nana, her grandchildren benefitted from her deep love and constant care: swim lessons, any local parade, karate lessons, the Indianapolis Zoo, and always the Children’s Museum. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 18, 2025 from 12 noon until the time of service at 2:00 p.m. at Shirley Brothers Washington Memorial Chapel, 9606 East Washington Street. Carole is survived by her children, Brett (Loretta) Brown, Chad (Bethanne) Brown, and daughter Laura Blackledge; grandchildren, Jonathan Brown, Breighanne Brown, and Julianne Brown; great-grandchildren, Brooke Blackledge, Braden Kassis, Donovan Ibanez, and Quinten Ibanez; great-great-grandson, Atlas Eisenhut; sister, Sharon Custer; cousin, Sandra Hill; and her dear companion, Hascal Neighbors in addition to numerous cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, Alonzo Brummett; her mother and stepfather, Mary Ella and Emil D. Wilson; granddaughter, Tiffany Ibanez; and son-in-law, Alan Blackledge.

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Carole Sue Brown

June 17, 1939 - June 10, 2025