Miriam Caroline (Leach) Brower

Miriam Caroline (Leach) Brower, 108, of Arnold, went to be with her Lord Jesus on Feb. 4, 2015.

Miriam was born Nov. 11, 1906, to John Robert Leach and Alice Marinda (Lawyer) Leach at Emmett, Idaho. Growing up, she lived with her parents and six brothers in Wyoming, Nebraska, and then South Dakota, where she graduated from high school.

She then went to Dakota Wesleyan College in Mitchell, S.D., and after passing her teacher’s exam, began teaching school, until her marriage. In 1927, Miriam met Gerrit Richard Brower through two of her brothers, and they were married a year later on May 22,...