Anna Brown Obituary

Anna Renee Neese Brown 1978-2004 Anna Renee Neese was born in Van Nuys, CA, November 6, 1978 and died October 19, 2004 in Portland, OR due to complications of an intestinal illness. Anna was the wife of Joshua Matthew Brown of Portland, OR and the daughter of Rick and Rebecca Neese of Rosemead, CA. She grew up in Pasadena and was active in her church while attending Don Benito Elementary and Marshall Fundamental Secondary Schools before transferring to the Health Careers Academy at Blair High School, from which she graduated as Academy President in June 1996. She attended Whittier College, where she wrote for the Quaker Campus newspaper. She was an active participant in the College Choir all four years and sang in the Women's Chorale for three years. She also served as the Choir's Business Manager for three years. She graduated with a Bachelor?s Degree in English in 2000. Following graduation, she taught in Mississippi with Teach For America for one year before moving to Boulder, CO, where she worked as a nanny while she and Joshua established their business, The Babysitting Network. Anna and Josh were married June 21, 2003 on Catalina Island. They moved to Portland, OR in late July 2004, with plans to expand their business to the Portland area. Anna loved children and worked very well with them. She enjoyed literature and music, writing poetry, singing, and the outdoors. She loved animals. As a child and a young teen, she performed in several school and community theatre productions. She is survived by her devoted husband, Joshua Brown of Portland, OR, her parents, Rick and Rebecca Neese of Rosemead, her brother, Jeremiah, and sister-in-law, Karen Adya Wilson, of Santa Barbara, sister Karen Joy of Portland, OR, grandparents Dwain and Betty Neese of Banning, CA, parents-in-law Stan and Jill Brown, sister-in-law Sarah Brown, and nephew Korbin Brown, of Phoenix, AZ, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, all of whom miss her more than words can say and look for her bright star in the heavens. A memorial service for Anna will be held Friday, October 29 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel at Whittier College, 13439 E. Philadelphia St., Whittier. Contributions may be made in Anna's name to the Farm Sanctuary, c/o Isabel Clark, 2722 Connecticut Ave. NW #21, Washington, DC 20008.