Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Mary Alyene Fenner

**Alyene Fenner Brown**, courtesy of Rick Buckingham.

[b 21 Feb. 1907 at Alma, NY; d 9 Nov. 2001 at Ithaca, NY] Mary Alyene Fenner m Harold Seegar Brown [b 13 Jan. 1908 in NY; d 8 Dec. 1991] of Richmondville, NY, on 26 June 1928.

Harold S. Brown, 83, of Sebring, died Sunday at home. A native of New York, he was a winter resident of the area for the past 18 years, coming from Ithaca, N.Y. He was a salesman for an insurance company. He is survived by his wife, Alyene; two daughters, Barbara Deskins of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Susan Wolff of West Redding, Conn.; one sister, Belma Jones of Sharon Springs, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home, Sebring.
—Tampa Tribune, 10 Dec. 1991.

M. Alyene Brown, 94, of 220 Cobb St., died Friday, November 9, 2001 at her home. She was born in Alma, NY, daughter of the late Henry E. and Nina Locke Fenner. She was the widow of Harold S. Brown who died in [1991]. Alyene retired from Cornell University where she had worked for many years. She was a member of the Cornell University class of ’28 and had been a very active member of Delta Delta Delta.

Alyene is survived by her daughter, Susan Wolff of South Britain, Conn., 6 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband she was also predeceased by her daughter, Barbara Deskins. In keeping with Alyene’s wishes there will be no public funeral services. Donations in her memory may be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136–1494. Arrangements are by the Bangs Funeral Home.
—The Ithaca Journal, 15 Nov. 2001.

Barbara [b 8 Nov. 1929; d 9 Sept. 1997 at Pittsburgh, PA] on 18 Apr. 1953 m Wilbur Eugene “Gene” Deskins [b 20 Feb. 1927; d 30 July 2012]. Barbara was an expert nutritionist with degrees from Cornell Univ., Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State Univ.; she worked for the health dept. in Pittsburgh. Gene was chair of the math department at the Univ. of Pittsburg. They had Lucinda Eugenie [b 9 Sept. 1959] who m — Brickley, and Samantha E. [b 20 May 1966].
Susan [b 10 Nov. 1935] m Robert Wolff [b 4 Sept. 1934] on 21 Jan. 1956. They had Clayton David [b 7 Feb. 1957] and Kathleen Patricia [b 16 Mar. 1958].