Dolores Mae Brown

Dolores Mae (Albert) Brown, 73, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 2, 2018, at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont., from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was surrounded by her friends and daughter, Samantha.

A celebration of Dolores' life will be Monday, Oct. 29, at 11 a.m., at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with Reverend Todd Wright officiating. A luncheon will follow services. Inurnment in the Highland Cemetery will be private.

She was born on July 18, 1944, in Williston, N.D., to Fred and Frances (Johnson) Albert. She moved to Glasgow when she was in the sixth-grade and graduated with honors from Glasgow High School in 1963. She married Gordon L. Brown on June 1, 1963. They have three children, Gordon II, Samantha and Cassia.

Dolores' first job was at the Dairy Queen in Glasgow, where she made 50 cents per hour. She worked as a bookkeeper for several different businesses in Glasgow including Adrian's, Sam's Supper Club, Glasgow Distributors, Sinclair Distributors and Valley Drug. When Valley Drug closed in 2004, she retired.

She was very active in the First Lutheran Church. She and her friend, Kelly Archambeault, started their daily walks in 1988 and they continued to walk together for 25 years.

She had a very special bond with her mother-in-law, Virginia Svingen, and would visit her often at her home. When Virginia went to live at Valley View Nursing Home, Dolores would drive up to visit her daily. Dolores was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2010 and soon realized herself that she should not drive anymore.

She loved her family very much and made sure everyone was always taken care of. She hosted many Christmases over the years and absolutely loved having the whole family together. She adored her children and grandchildren, always putting everyone else before herself. She was the most giving, caring, kind, honest and loving person you would ever meet.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Frances Martin; stepfather Ralph Martin; husband Gordon L. Brown; and one granddaughter, Alison Kay Brown.

She is survived by her three loving children, Gordon (Brigitte) Brown II, of Billings, Mont., Samantha (Bruce) Floyd, of Opheim, Mont., and Cassia Ruiz, of Lancaster, Pa .; her father Fred Albert Sr. and stepmother Betty Albert, of Salem, Ore .; one sister, Carol (Harvey) Loveall, of Indio, Calif .; three brothers, Greg (Sandi) Albert and Fred Albert Jr., all of Salem, and Jimmy (Jen) Albert, of Vancouver, Wash .; three brother-in-laws, Jerry (Judy) Brown, of Texas, and Robert Svingen and Jon Svingen, both of Glasgow; five grandchildren, Jay Brown, Sophie Ruiz, Joseph Ruiz, Nolan Ruiz and Sarah Fischer; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews.