Charann Brown, 76, of Heald Road, died Tuesday, June 5, at Emerson Hospital, from complications of living with diabetes. She was born on February 7, 1936, in Michigan, and as a young girl, also lived in Virginia, Rhode Island and Ohio. She was devoted to her father who was an engineer working on public works projects in those states. She attended Ohio State University and worked at the university hospital in Columbus where she met her husband, Bill Brown, who was a pharmaceutical representative at the time. She moved to Carlisle with her family in 1966 and raised three children here. She spent much of her spare time reading and was a constant student of history and archeology. She played the guitar and often performed with her husband in their blue grass band at local events.

Charann spent many years active within her church, the First Religious Society of Carlisle, where she often worked in restoring, painting or gracing the church with her artwork. She worked on many activities at the church and around the town green, which were constant centers of her young family's activities over the years. She was a member of the New England Quilter's Guild, and she had coordinated a quilt work with other Carlisle women, which won a Boston Bicentennial Award in 1975. The quilt will be on display at the First Religious Society during the week and at her funeral on Friday morning.

Charann is survived by her husband, William F. Brown, her children Viki and Erik, grandchildren Emily, Matthew and Jason Brown, and Kristy and Patrick Lufkin, and her brother, Robert McFarlane. She was predeceased by her daughter Kerri Lufkin.

Visiting hours were at the Bedford Funeral Home, 167 The Great Road, Bedford on Thursday, June 7, from 4 to 8 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 8, at the First Religious Society, 27 School Street in Carlisle, followed by interment in Green Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Religious Society, P.O Box 817, Carlisle, MA 01741