Hazel Junia Brown Gearheart explored the world and loved her family during her nearly century-long life.
September 20, 2024
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September 20, 2024 3:14 p.m.
Hazel Junia Brown Gearheart
Sept. 17,1927 — Sept. 18, 2024
Hazel Junia Brown Gearheart, 97, was born September 17, 1927, the youngest child of Clarence Ray Brown and Laura Bertha (Clinkingbeard) Brown in their farmhouse near Chinook, Montana. She was a child of the Depression who learned frugality and hard work in the dairy and gardens, surrounded by love, on the family farm.