Ann Brownell

Ann Linden Brownell, St. Charles, died Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Whitewater Health Services in St. Charles. She was 88.
Ann was born in Winona, on December 10, 1929, to Oliver N. and Sarah (Snyder) Linden. She was raised in Winona and graduated from Winona Senior High School in 1947. She attended the College of St. Theresa in Winona and then graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, in Minneapolis, in 1951.
She married Melvin (Mel) Russell Brownell at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona on November 10, 1952. They lived in Winona from 1952 to 1955 while Mel worked at Ted Maier Drug.
In 1955, Mel and Ann purchased Anderson Drug in St. Charles. They owned and operated Brownell Drug, at 925 Whitewater Ave., St. Charles, from 1955 to 1992.
Ann worked at the drugstore in Jasper, Minnesota, for a short time before marriage, at the Winona General Hospital Pharmacy, and as a relief pharmacist at Brownell Drug.
She is survived by six children: Tom (Ann) Brownell, Oakton, VA, Jim (Renee Brownlee) Brownell, Chanhassen, MN, Richard (Serena) Brownell, New York, NY, Mary Andrew, Libertyville, IL, Chris (Andrea Walczak) Brownell, Oconomowoc, WI, Paul (Selina Jackson) Brownell, Chevy Chase, MD, 12 grandchildren: Catherine (Bud) Brownell Wykoff, Greg (Polly) Brownell, Mark (Margaret) Brownell, Megan (Kevin) Brownell Vickerman, Abby (Max Kes) Brownell, Parker Brownell, Margaret Andrew, Laura Andrew, Nick Brownell, Michaela Brownell, Julia Brownell, Lauren Brownell, and 6 great-grandchildren: Seamus Brownell, Kaitlin Wykoff, Sarah Wykoff, Jack Brownell, Claire Brownell and Emilia Vickerman. She is also survived by two brothers-in-law and four sisters-in-law.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Sarah Linden Jonas, in 2008, her son, John Brownell, in 1990, her husband, Mel, in 2000, her daughter-in-law, Janet (Laurent) Brownell, in 2005, and her son-in-law, Tom Andrew, in 2012.
She served on the following civic boards: St. Charles Public Library Board, St. Charles School Board, St. Charles Foundation for Academic Excellence Board, Friends of the St. Charles Library Board and Winona Historical Society Board.
She also served on a number of civic and church committees: First Swimming Pool Building Committee, Aquatic Center Building Committee, St. Charles Library Expansion Committee, the St. Charles Borromeo Church Finance Council, the St. Charles CCW and St. Jude's Unit, the Rosary Society and the Laotian and Vietnamese Settlement Committees.
A Funeral Mass for Ann will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church with the Reverend Tim Biren officiating. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10 - 11 a.m. Saturday. Please share a memory of Ann at her on-line guestbook and view her video tribute, when it becomes available at www.hofffuneral.com. Hoff Funeral Service of St. Charles is assisting the family with arrangements.
Memorials are preferred to: St. Charles Foundation for Academic Excellence, St. Charles Borromeo Building fund or Scholarship fund, Friends of the St. Charles Library, Seasons Hospice, or donor's choice. Mass intentions are welcome as well.