Janie Marie Brown passed away in Shawnee, OK on Jan. 1, 2026, at the age of 90. She was born April 18, 1935, in Dale, OK to Paul Fay and Minnie Thompson. Janie graduated from Dale High School in 1953. She married Frank Brown in Shawnee on Dec. 23, 1957.
Janie started her working career in 1953 assembling radio and television tubes for the recently opened Sylvania Plant in Shawnee and soon moved into their Quality Control department. At the time of the company’s closing in the early 1970’s she had been promoted to their accounting and payroll office. After this she joined J.A. Runge Co in Seminole, OK as their office manager. Her final job before retiring in 1997 was at Sunset Estates in Shawnee, where she once again held the role of office manager.
Janie was preceded in death by her father, Paul Fay Thompson; mother, Minnie Stone-Thompson; her husband of 43 years, Frank Brown; son, Donald Brown; brothers: Charles Thompson (Norma and Jean), Johnny Thompson (Sue).
She is survived by brothers: Glen Thompson (Linda), Loyd Thompson (Marolyn); sister, Laverne Thompson-Barker, all of Dale, OK; son, David Brown (Karen Laughlin-Brown); granddaughter, Courtney Brown-Myers (Kory); great grandchildren: Porter, Ivy, Murphy Myers, all of Tulsa, OK; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from noon to 8 pm Jan. 8, 2026, continuing through service time, with family gathering to greet friends and loved ones from 3 pm to 5 pm. Funeral service will be held at 11am Jan. 9, 2026, at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Kory Myers officiating. Burial will follow at Dale Cemetery, Dale OK, under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home, Tecumseh, OK.
