Mrs. Everton A. (Shorty) Brown

Mrs. Everton A. (Shorty) Brown, 88, nee Lucile D. Vorpahl of Fredericksburg, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Knopp Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Schaetter Funeral Home with the Rev. D.G. McCoury officiating. Annabel Wilkinson was the pianist and Gary Covin, the vocalist.

Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Brown was born April 5, 1925, in Guadalupe County, the daughter of Richard Vorpahl and Martha Krueger Vorpahl. She married Everton A. (Shorty) Brown on June 12, 1943, in Seguin. He preceded her in death on April 1, 1995.

Survivors include one daughter, Faun Blackburn of Somerset.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by one grandson, Jade Blackburn, and three brothers, Glenn Vorpahl, Kermit Vorpahl and Dale Vorpahl.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Hill Country Memorial Hospice or to the charity of choice.

Pallbearers included Gordon Klein, Dustin Klein, Edward Kohlleppel, Richard L. Vorpahl, Kenneth Vorpahl and Kevin Vorpahl.