Chan-elen Edith (Taft) Brass, the daughter of Chauncey and Helen Lorraine (Parmeter) Taft, was born on December 24, 1948, in Marshalltown, Iowa. She graduated from Marshalltown High School with the “Class of 1967”.
On July 27, 1968, Chan-elen was united in marriage with James Brass in Nevada, IA. Through this union they had 3 daughters. The couple lived in many cities throughout Iowa including Clarion in 1976 and Goldfield in 1991.
Chan-elen enjoyed crafts, reading, drawing, crosswords, playing cards, watching Star Trek, fishing with Jim but mostly spending time with family.
Chan-elen passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the age of 76 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Chauncey Taft and Lorraine Wallace; stepfather, Robert Wallace; sister, Arla Schmidt and son-in-law, Scott Sawyer.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Brass of Clarion; daughters, Julia Sawyer of Whiting, Ila Jo Browning (Chester) of Dubuque and Jolene Wilcox (Tim) of Clarion; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren and brothers, Daniel Taft (Lori) of Ames, John Taft of Des Moines and Ben Taft (Melissa) of Marshalltown.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday May 3, 2025, at Foust Funeral Home in Eagle Grove at 2:00 pm with visitation one hour prior to service time.