Melena Brown

Melena “Mo” Brown (Keechle), 67, of Texas City, TX passed away on April 25 in Columbus, OH. She was born on July 13, 1955 in Waverly, OH and graduated early from Kiser High School in Dayton, OH. She is survived by her three children Alex (Teri) Keechle, Joe (Natalie) Osborne, and Angie (Robert) Meeker; grandchildren, Brian Osborne, Nila Meeker, Connor Keechle, Tyler Osborne, and Sawyer Keechle; and her siblings Kathy (Ron) Hughes, Bill (Anne) Keechle, Doug (Charlene) Keechle, JD Keechle, Laura Johns and Kerri McHenry. Mo loved sweet tea, owls, Texas, and Pumpkin. She was a published author. While Mo lived with a rare autoimmune disease called Stiff Person Syndrome, ultimately lung cancer caused her death.

Melena requested her ashes be spread at her happy place, the ocean in Galveston, TX. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Galveston Boys and Girl Club of Texas City, Texas where Mo volunteered: https://southernusa.salvationarmy.org/galveston/galvestonbgc/.