Mina Elizabeth Brown (Forrest) , Camarillo, CA, at the of age 87, after a lengthy illness, died peacefully in the early morning hours on March 2, 2023 at her home in Camarillo Springs, California. Daughter of the late James Howard Forrest and Hazel Laura (Carde), is survived by her devoted husband of 66 years, Lee "Mac" Brown and her three children, son, Peter (Jane) Brown, Atlanta; son, Michael (Susan) Brown, Camarillo; and daughter, Heather Olsen (Joe Mitchell), Camarillo. Mina is also survived by five grandchildren, Erik (Mandy), Peter (Amanda), Stacy (Chris), Lee (Hilary), Holly and four great-grandchildren Piper, Peyton, Nora and MaKenna. She is also survived by her sisters, Dorothy (Donnie) Dempsey, Herring Cove; Margaret (Herman) Langille, Truro; Janet LeClair, Lakeville; brother-in-law, Ross Hayward, Oxford; sister-in-law, Judy Forrest (McNeil), Maine. Predeceased by brothers, James Jr, Douglas, Jerry, Brian, Fred; and sisters, Georgie and Elsie. Born in Kolbec (Oxford), Nova Scotia, raised in Oxford, Nova Scotia, graduated from Oxford High School, received her RN from Highland View Hospital School of Nursing, Amherst, Nova Scotia, received certificate from Nova Scotia Hospital in Psychiatry, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, A.S. degree from Ventura College, Ventura, California and her B.S. degree from California State University Northridge, Northridge, California. Mina worked at various hospitals and nursing homes during her career, the last ten years of her career she worked at the Ventura Regional Occupation Program teaching nursing students. She put her heart and soul into this program and found her niche. She got the greatest satisfaction in sharing her nursing knowledge and making the students the best that they could be. Mina also started and trained many Camarillo Springs residents in the use of CPR. Mina enjoyed making quilts both here in Camarillo and her cottage in Nova Scotia and was an avid walker/runner during her adult life. She even ran the Los Angeles Marathon at the age of 60. Mina and Mac met at a Valentine's party while she was in training at Highland View Hospital in Amherst and were married two years later on the 16th of February 1957 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and moved to southern California in 1962, where they raised their three children and where Mina resided until her death. Mina missed her family a great deal after the move, but in time she came to love California. She made many driving trips by car and motorhome back to Nova Scotia to visit family and vacation at Amherst Shore and the old farmhouse in Oxford. Mina was a devout Christian and was an original member establishing the Camarillo Evangelical Free Church in Camarillo and attended both the church and the Friendship Bible Group. A celebration of Mina's life will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery, Oxford, Nova Scotia on July 27, 2024, at 10 am. Reception to follow at MacDiarmid's Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Mina's name to Pine Grove Cemetery .