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Georgia E. Brough

Georgia E. Brough, 75, Naples, Fla., formerly of Richmond and McHenry, died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Naples Community Hospital, Naples.

She was born June 13, 1937, in Hebron to Irving and Georgia (Vasey) Townsend.

On March 9, 1957, she married Harold H. Brough in Woodstock.

She graduated from Woodstock High School in 1955. She was employed as an account analyst at AT&T for 37 years before retiring in 1994. She also was involved in genealogy.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Trinda (Joel) Henson, Naples, and Christina (Leo Mattox) Brough, Cumming, Ga.; four grandchildren, Michael Freund, Stacy Freund, Stephanie Brough and James Combs; five great-grandchildren, Kane and Claire Freund, Skyler Nichols, Destiny Brough and Rileigh Combs; six sisters, Marjorie (the late Robert) Stevens, Richmond, Rosella (the late Robert) Edinger, Woodstock, Joan (the late Edward) Miller, St. Joseph, Luella (Kenneth) Bishop, Cornville, Ariz., Charlotte (Steve) Schaid, Hebron, and Betty (David) Gregory, Harvard; three brothers, Irving (Beverly) Townsend, Woodstock, Wendell Townsend, Tucson, Ariz., and Donald (Edith) Townsend,  Bullhead City, Ariz.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Nelson, and a brother, Richard.

Visitation was March 15 at Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home, Richmond. The funeral service was March 16 at the funeral home. Interment was at McHenry County Memorial Park, Woodstock.

Memorials can be sent to Avow Hospice, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, FL 34105.

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