Carolyn Ruth Brown

August 3, 1924 - October 14, 2017

Carolyn Ruth Brown passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Mission Terrace. She was a long time resident of Santa Barbara. She was born in Decatur, Illinois August 3, 1924. Her parents, who later moved to Santa Barbara, were Norman and Ruth Heise. Carolyn graduated from Decatur High School in June, 1942. Her first job was a cashier in Woolworth’s but later she joined the phone company in Bremerton, WA and worked for five different telephone companies. Upon settling in Santa Barbara she obtained a management position and remained with the phone company for twenty-nine years. She retired in1987 as a supervisor from General Telephone Company. She is survived by her husband of seventy-three years, Ralph William Brown, better known as Bill Brown and her son and daughter-in-law Wyatt and Jana Brown in Hawaii. Bill and Cae married on June 27, 1944 at Luke Field, AZ on the day her husband graduated from the US Army Air Corps Flight School. Cae loved to travel and took many cruises to Alaska, Australia, Spain and the Bahamas. Her favorite trips were visiting Wyatt and Jana in Hawaii. A graveside service at Santa Barbara Cemetery will be held Friday, October 27 at 11:00 am.