Mrs. Irene Frances Brown, age 86 of Richardson, Texas passed away on January 4, 2006, in Richardson. She was born on May 19, 1919, in Dunkirk, New York to Joseph and Frances (Raczka) Meusel. She married Claude Edward Brown on July 8, 1948. She was a bookkeeper and a member of the St. Paul of the Apostle Catholic Church and a former member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dunkirk, New York and St. Hyacinth Catholic Church. Mrs. Brown is survived by her daughter, Patricia Saari and husband, Roger Saari; granddaughter, Laura Shelton; great grandchildren, Amy Shelton and Mack Shelton, III all of Plano, Texas; and sisters-in-law, Annette Will Meusel of Jacksonville, Florida and Irene Chicosk Meusel of Hawthorne, Florida; cousins, Robert Polasik of Rochester, New York and Dolores “DoDo” Florian Dudek of Dunkirk, New York. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Brown; and brothers, Joseph Meusel, Jr. and Arthur Meusel. A memorial service will be held at 9:30 AM, Saturday, January 7, 2005 at St. Paul of the Apostle Catholic Church 720 S. Floyd Road Richardson. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the St. Paul of the Apostle Catholic Church.