Margarethe "Marge" Braun

Margarethe "Marge" Braun was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on December 2, 1930 to Professor Dale S. Davis and Marguerite Davis, and died October 11, 2015, of natural causes.

After graduating as valedictorian of her high school class in Tallmadge, Ohio, Marge attended Miami University in Oxford, where she met her future husband, Tom Braun. She and Tom married in 1952, soon after she'd graduated with a degree in Psychology. They settled in Middletown, Ohio where they both were employed by the Gardner Board and Carton Company. She was a devoted wife, and mother and grandmother. She volunteered for the Middletown Hospital Auxiliary and later enjoyed work as a librarian at John XXIII and as a bank teller. She and Tom moved to Springboro in 2001, and became active at St. Mary Church, Franklin. Marge served as treasurer of the Villa Pointe Condominium Association and organized the Association's book club. She was quite a talker and enjoyed socializing. She and Tom enjoyed traveling, including spending many summers at the family's property on Bailey Island, Maine. They were instrumental in organizing reunions with their children and grandchildren at various locations around the country. Marge relocated to Florida in 2014. St. Mary has been prominent throughout Marge's life. After spending her teen years living on St. Mary's Avenue in Detroit, MI, being married at St. Mary Church in Oxford, OH, she, Tom and their four children attended St. Mary Church in Middletown, OH. She later volunteered at St. Mary Church in Franklin, OH and was treated prior to passing at St. Mary's Hospital in West Palm Beach, FL.

Mrs. Braun is survived by her three sons, Ted (Jane) Braun, Greg (Florette) Braun & Andy (Susan) Braun; one daughter, Linda (Jerry) Novotny; one brother, Steve (Jo) Davis; one sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Braun of Middletown, OH; one cousin, Sue Mumford of St. Augustine, FL; eight grandchildren; one step granddaughter; and five nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Tom Braun; brother-in-law, Dale Braun; grandson, Peter Novotny; and numerous cousins.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, October 19, 2015 at 10:00 am at St. Mary Catholic Church, 115 S. Main Street, Franklin with Father James Manning as celebrant. Visitation will be Sunday from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home, 3805 Roosevelt Blvd., Middletown, OH. Entombment will be at Woodside Mausoleum.

Memorial donations may be made to Bishop Fenwick High School, 4855 State Route 122, Franklin, OH 45005 or a local public library or a Hospice organization.

Funeral Home:
Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding
3805 Roosevelt Blvd.
Middletown, OH
US 45044