Ann Ogilvie Hutchman Brown of Ventura, California, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2020, at her home at Aegis Assisted Living. Ann was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, to Paul and Mary Hutchman on December 23, 1924. She moved to Cambridge, MA, and Cleveland OH, before moving back to East Liverpool when she was 9 years old. She lived there until heading off to Muskingum College in New Concord, OH, where she met her future husband Bill Brown, whom she happened to be paired up against in a championship ping pong match. Bill was there as part of an Army Specialized Training Program. They were married in 1946 in East Liverpool and moved to Hollywood, CA, that same year, where they raised two children, Barbara and Steven. Ann and Bill moved to Glendale in 1964 where they became active in tennis and golf. They lived in Glendale until Bill passed away in 1991, at which time Ann moved to Ventura to be close to her children and grandchildren.
Ann was a very talented woman who surrounded herself with beauty. Trained in piano at a young age, she loved to play and she played often throughout her adult years. She had a very artistic streak that flavored everything she did. She was an oil painter, and in her earlier years she also created beautiful mosaics. Her singing voice remained strong and beautiful until her last days. She often led sing-alongs in her later years at the Townehouse Assisted Living and Aegis Assisted Living.
Ann (aka Grann) is survived by daughter Barbara Brown Ortega and son Steven W. Brown (Shelly) and grandchildren Garrett Brown (Lauren), Justin Brown (Kirsten), and Courtney Brown Durando (Mike); great grandchildren Ellery, Emerson, Cooper and Stevie; siblings Sal Hutchman Patterson, Bill Hutchman (Jan), John Hutchman (Sue), and Gracie Hutchman Scott; along with numerous nieces and nephews since she was the oldest of nine Hutchman children. She was preceded in death by her loving husband William G. Brown; parents Paul and Mary Hutchman; brothers Dan Hutchman and Paul Hutchman; sisters Katie Hutchman and Joanie Hutchman; and son-in-law Joseph Ortega.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Food Share Ventura County @foodshare.com.