Josi was born in Hiram, Utah, to Lila and Murray Petersen on September 21, 1941, the youngest of six children.
The family moved to Las Vegas in the early 1950s. As part of a pioneer-ing Las Vegas family, Josi worked in the family businesses, including Roundup Real Estate, Roundup Drive-In, and the Westward Ho Hotel. One evening as a car hop at the Roundup Drive-In, Josi met Jim Brown, of Las Vegas, who she later married.
The couple moved to Alaska in the 1960s. Over the next 20 years, Josi and Jim built a successful construction company, started a family and lived a wonderful life raising their children, with Josi spending many hours in the green¬house tending to her flowers. Josi re¬turned to the lower 48 to manage family businesses in the late 1980s, eventually returning to Las Vegas to work as a realtor and to enjoy time among family.
Josi was generous and thoughtful, con¬tributing her time as a hospice volunteer for the elderly. Josi was a great sister to her siblings, a wonderful mother to her children and loved being a grandmother. Josi will be dearly missed.
Josi is survived by her two sons, James R. Brown and Damon S. Brown, daughter-in-law Justine Kavanaugh-Brown, and granddaughter Emilie R. Brown.
Services will be held Saturday, March 14, 2020, 10:00 a.m. at Palm South Jones Mortuary, 1600 S. Jones Blvd, Las Vegas.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.palmsouthjones.com for the Brown family.
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