November 22, 2019

Henry I. (Jerry) Brown died peacefully with his three daughters by his side on Nov. 21 at the age of 81. Jerry was born in Philadelphia on August 16, 1938, son of Clementina Mackenzie Brown and Henry Ingersoll Brown Jr, both of Philadelphia.

Jerry attended Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, until his family moved to Wilmington, in 1952, when he attended Tower Hill School until ninth grade. Jerry then attended Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn., where he graduated in 1956. Jerry attended Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1960, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture, receiving his master’s in 1963.

Jerry married Caroline “Cookie” Schutt, his high school sweetheart, in 1961. The two were soulmates until Cookie predeceased Jerry in 2010.

Cookie and Jerry had three children: Clementina Brown lives in Kennett Square; Eliza Brown Hurlbut lives in Seattle, Wash. with her husband Gary and their children Madeleine and Griffin; and Caroline Brown Lintner resides in Greenville, with her husband Matt and daughters Alexandra and Beatrice. He is survived by his sisters Clementina Gardner and Marian Lorenz.

Jerry spent his entire working career as an architect at Anderson, Brown, Higley and Associates in Wilmington, serving clients in the Delaware and Pennsylvania communities.

Jerry spent almost every summer in Greensboro, Vt., fishing and enjoying the beauty of the Northeast Kingdom. His kind nature and sense of humor will be remembered by all who knew him.

The family would like to thank his caregivers, Maribel, Latoya and Jairo, for their loving and gentle care during the past few years.

Contributions in Jerry’s memory can be made to the Buck & Doe Trust, care of Amy McKenna at 200 Frog Hollow Road, Coatesville, PA 19320.

Services in Mr. Brown’s memory will be private. A party to celebrate his life will be held at the Foxy Loxy in Unionville, Pennsylvania on Friday, Dec. 6 from 4-7 p.m.

Pearl Comer, 93, of Hockessin, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Brackenville Center. She was the wife of Edgar H. Comer, who died in 2007, and with whom he shared 65 years of marriage.

Born in Shouns, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Walter Jones and the late Doncie Farmer Jones.

She was a member of the Kennett Square Missionary Baptist Church.

Pearl was a homemaker, and she enjoyed baking cakes, mowing grass, gardening, was a great seamstress, and also enjoyed being with her family and friends.

She is survived by two daughters, Wanda C. Barwell and her husband Larry of Nottingham, and Jane Brown and her husband Steve of Wilmington; one sister, Mary Tanner of Elkton, Md.; four grandchildren, Howard C. Barwell, Charlene E. Barwell, William J. Maslanka, III and Douglas A. Brown; three great-grandchildren, Andrew V. Belisaro, Melissa Maslanka and Brendan Blackwelder, and a dear sister-in-law, Ann Dumler of Salisbury, Md.

She was predeceased by one brother and two sisters.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Brackenville Center for the wonderful care given to their mother.

You are invited to visit with Pearl’s family and friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, at the Kennett Square Missionary Church, 408 Bayard Road in Kennett Square. Her funeral service will follow at 11. Burial will be in Longwood Cemetery,

In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made to the Kennett Square Missionary Baptist Church, 408 Bayard Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348.

To view her online tribute and to share a memory with her family, please visit www.kuzoandfoulkfh.com

Arrangements by the Kuzo Funeral Home, Kennett Square.