Anne Shirley Brown

Passed away in peace at her home with her daughters August 4, 2021. She was born August 18, 1939 in Cobleskill, NY to Robert B. Rickard and Ellen Collins Rickard. Anne Attended schools in Sammonsvile, NY and Schenectady, NY.

She met and married Gary A. Brown of Johnstown, NY and they made their home in Newburgh, NY where they had a daughter, Sallie. After a year, they moved across country to Pomona, CA where a son, Gary Jr., and a daughter, Debbie, were added to the family. In 1962, her husband, Gary, was transferred to the PFI Mill in Lewiston, ID. They loved Idaho, and in a few years they bought some land and settled in Troy, ID. Gary worked for the local newspaper as a pressman and Anne took care of the home and family.

Anne was a stay at home mother and her husband’s right hand help. She tended to her family and their cattle, chickens and turkeys. She raised and delivered fresh Thanksgiving Turkeys to area customers for years. At Christmas time she made wreaths and door swags for the Berg Timber Co. of Troy, something she thought was so fun and festive (real Christmas Spirit). She liked to camp and look for unique rocks, drift wood, old bottles and remnants of the past.

Later in life she took it easy, the livestock was reduced to her cats and kittens, as she made them a daily “chore”. She just enjoyed being at home, watching for wild life sightings, going for a ride, having lunch in East City Park in Moscow to watch and feed the squirrels and occasional raven. A simple Idaho life she loved.

Survived by her children: Sallie Ann and Rick Hunt of Troy, ID; Gary A. Brown Jr. of Tacoma, WA, and Debra L. Brown of Troy, ID.  Ann has 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her Siblings:  Katherine J. Van Alstyne and Russell of Gloversville, NY; Ella Grace (Bonnie) Olendorf of Johnstown, NY and Robert B. Rickard ll of Great Sacandaga, NY.

She was preceded in death by her husband Gary Allen Brown, Troy, ID; an infant sister Cobleskill, NY; Parents: Robert B. Rickard and Ruth Ellen Collins Rickard of Gloversville, NY and her sister Phyllis M. Lane of Gloversville, NY.

Anne didn’t like a fuss, so there will be no service at her request. A fond memory of her is all she would like.

Memorials to the Humane Society of Moscow, Idaho

Arrangements have been entrusted to Short’s Funeral Chapel of Moscow and condolences may be left at www.shortsfuneralchapel.com