Mrs. Eleanore R. Brown

Mrs. Eleanore R. Brown, 100, of Popponesset Beach, Mashpee, formerly of Pittsfield, died on Sunday, December 11 in Centerville, MA . Born in Pittsfield, Jan 3, 1916, daughter of Daniel and Helen (Mulqueen) McKennedy, she was a graduate of St. Joseph’s High School. On March 20, 1943, she married the love of her life, George Brown, just ten days before he was drafted for WWII. They celebrated 60 wonderful years of marriage before his death in 2003. Eleanore was a homemaker until 1957 when she started working for Ed Karam Insurance Co., where she began her beloved career as a Realtor. She branched out on her own five years later, establishing Eleanore Brown Realty. She was the first woman Realtor in Berkshire County. She loved selling homes and making people happy so much that she “couldn’t wait to get out of bed every morning.” She and her husband also owned and operated the Heart of the Berkshires Motel in Pittsfield from 1963-1971. In 1976 they moved from the Berkshires to their beach house on Cape Cod, bringing her thriving real estate business to Mashpee and Hyannis. For the next 22 years she lived her dream, making people happy, until her reluctant retirement at age 82. Eleanore drove a convertible until she gave up driving. She felt blessed with her family, and would often express that by saying, “I have God in my pocket.” She and her husband traveled to many countries in Europe and Africa. They also enjoyed spending their winters in Florida for 17 years. She loved boating, fishing, breakfast on the beach with her daughters and grandchildren, People magazine, Red Sox games, “Girls Day”, raspberry bubbilicious, anything chocolate, Bambi and Bomboo and a manhattan in the afternoon. Eleanore lived a long, blissful life. She is survived by her two daughters, Eleanore Bercury, of Pittsfield, and Shelly Stirling and her husband Bill, of Centerville; five grandchildren, Missy Laurentius and her husband Ken, of Bel Air, MD., Kristen Wampler and her husband Scott, of Pittsfield; Carrie Mackinnon of Pittsfield; Ryan Stirling and his wife Marcia of Marstons Mills; Eileen Peros and her husband Frank of Marstons Mills; and seven great-grandchildren, Ben Wampler, Abby, Aiden and Ella Laurentius, Piper Mackinnon, Camden Stirling and Alexis Peros. She also leaves her beloved cousins Eileen Litts and John O’Neil, and her dear friend Debbie Dwyer. Funeral Notice: Services for Eleanore will be private. Memorial gifts may be made in the form of random acts of kindness in her memory.

Mrs. Eleanore R. Brown

January 3, 1916 - December 11, 2016