Thomas Blane Brown |
| Posted 2009-08-07 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ June 6, 2007, p. A8 Mr. Thomas Blane Brown, age 81, passed away June 2, 2007 in Sun City, Ariz. Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday (June 9) at 10 a.m.at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church with Fr. George Highberger as celebrant. Mr. Brown was born in Poplar Buff, Mo. He enlisted in the Air Corps in March of 1944, serving until January of 1947 in World War II. He worked as a seventh grade teacher at Pixley Elementary School in California and later as a lineman in California for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph. He graduated with distinction from Arizona State College. Tom later enlisted as a regular officer in the U. S. Air Force (USAF). He was eighth in the nation shooting for the USAF. He was also a Novice Golden Gloves Boxing Champion USAF in Illinois and a member of the USAF Volleyball Team. He worked in the Office of Special Investigation as a special agent serving as Division Chief of Operations in the Western third of the United State and three providences of Canada and in Europe. After having a heart attack in 1969 Tom retired in 1970 a Major in the USAF, moving to Wickenburg in 1971. He was a Desert Caballeros rider ( Poor Boys Camp) from 1973 to 1986, and a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Parish where he served as a religious education teacher and altar server for Fr. O’Sullivan in the 1970‘s. he was a member of the Wickenburg Country Club where enjoyed golfing daily, and owned and rode many horses and won two buckles in team roping. Tom was also a poet. He was preceded in death by his first wife Gracie Brown. He survived by his children Mandy Fredberg, Becky Grochola, Tammy Courtney and Col. Matt Brown and families; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; wife Marjorie Brown and step-children Denise Skrumbellos, Leslie Marshall, Tammy Monnett, with seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests any memorial contributions be made in Tom’s name to the charity of your choice. Arrangement under the direction of Wickenburg Funeral Home. |
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