Beloved husband of the late Bertha F. (Dorr) Brown. Brother of Edward H. Brown of Chicopee and Northport, FL, Grace A. Hailer of Hingham and the late Harold T. Brown, Elida M. Sprissler, James Brown, Ernest J. Brown and Loretta M. Fredericks. Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grandnephews and dear friends, including Mildred Murray of S. Boston and Mary McClellan of Stoneham. 

Funeral Mass to be celebrated Thursday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Church, 55 Warren St., Charlestown. Visitation: Wednesday, 4-7 p.m. at Anderson-Bryant Funeral Home, 4 Common St., Stoneham. Private burial with military honors at the National Cemetery in Bourne. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Old Charlestown Schoolboys Association, P.O. Box 290375, Charlestown, MA 02129-0207.