Illinois SR 435: MEMORIAL-MARY ANNE BROWN

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SR0435LRB104 13753 MST 26492 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Mary Anne Brown of River Forest, who 

4passed away on May 11, 2025 at the age of 80; and

5 WHEREAS, Mary Anne Brown was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to 

6Ruth and Dwight Broeman on December 25, 1944 and attended 

7Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida; and

8 WHEREAS, Upon her graduation, Mary Anne Brown became a 

9novice with the Dominican Sisters in Adrian, Michigan, later 

10leaving the order to pursue her education at Clarke College in 

11Dubuque, Iowa and then graduate studies in child psychology at 

12the University of Iowa; and

13 WHEREAS, Mary Anne Brown met her future husband, Max 

14Douglas Brown, in Iowa City, and they were married on July 14, 

151973, making their home in Oak Park; and

16 WHEREAS, Mary Anne Brown served several years as director 

17of the South Austin Community Day Care, and in 1976, she 

18accepted the position of executive director of Hephzibah Home 

19in Oak Park, where she dedicated herself to the work of helping 

20children and their families in the area; and

SR0435- 2 -LRB104 13753 MST 26492 r

1 WHEREAS, Mary Anne Brown formed countless partnerships in 

2order to strengthen the community, including with local 

3schools to facilitate day care for working mothers and with 

4Oak Park police to create a social service program for day care 

5families in crisis; and

6 WHEREAS, Mary Anne Brown continued her life of service as 

7the Hephzibah Home accepted HIV-positive babies in the foster 

8care program, established a residential program and an 

9adoption program, and was one of the first agencies to 

10facilitate adoption by same sex coup