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John Brown
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[July
08, 2010]
LINCOLN -- John Wallace Brown, 86, of
Lincoln, died Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at 2:50 p.m. at home with his
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Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Monday at Jefferson
Street Christian Church. His funeral will be at 11
a.m. at the church, with Frank Bush and Wayne
Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow in New
Union Cemetery.
Mr. Brown retired from the Wyman Gordon Co. of
Harvey as an industrial electrician in 1986 after 41
years of service.
He served in the U.S. Army Ordnance and was in
the Pacific for three years.
He was born Nov. 2, 1923, in Canton. His parents
were Fred and Thelma Lawson Brown. He married
Veronica Obrenski on Feb. 21, 1948, in Markham.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, of
Lincoln; his sons, Michael D. (and Penny) Brown of
Indianapolis, Ind., Devin G. (and Sharon) Brown of
Lexington, Ky., and Todd F. (and Pat) Brown of
Lincoln; five grandchildren, Hilary (and Skye)
Bloemke, Justin Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Valentine
Brown and Ransome Brown; and two
great-granddaughters, Isabella Brown and Camille
Bloemke. |
He was an active member of Jefferson Street
Christian Church in Lincoln.
He graduated from Thornton High School in Harvey
in 1941.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be
made to Memorial Hospice, the Logan County Food
Pantry or Together for Lincoln.
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