BROWN, Perry Linton, Rev. 1919-2008
BROWN, HILL, HALVERSON
Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 11/30/2008 at 11:53:05
Rev. Perry Linton Brown
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ROSEVILLE, Minnesota - The Rev. Perry L. Brown, 88, of Charles City, died peacefully February 5, 2008, at the Roseville Good Samaritan Home, in Roseville, Minnesota.
Funeral services for the Rev. Perry L. Brown will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City. Pastors Dennis Niezwaag, and Pastor David Werges of Charles City and Pastor Dennis Hanson of Osage will officiate. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery rural Osage.
Perry Linton Brown was born June 15, 1919, in Alma, Ark. the son of Jesse V. and Dorothy (Hill) Brown, the third child of the family of six. In 1939 he joined the CCC and was sent to Moville where he became a surveyor, the first of several different careers. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942, and trained in San Diego, Calif., and Ames. He was assigned to a ship repair unit in San Diego and Norfolk, Virginia; and traveled on the Queen Mary to do the same in Plymouth, England, then LaRochelle, France.
He married the love of his life, Evelyn Ruth Halverson on September 19, 1942, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Perry served in the Navy three and one-half years, 16 months of which he was overseas, and he was discharged honorably the fall of 1946. Perry and Evelyn then lived in Waterloo and Cedar Falls while Perry worked repairing electrical motors, then doing electrical maintenance for Viking Pump Co. They lived for a short time in Waverly then moved back to Waterloo. Perry worked as an appliance salesmen for Sears Roebuck. During this time, Perry and Evelyn were active in St. John's Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls; St. Paul's Lutheran in Waverly, and Zion Lutheran in Waterloo. While at Zion Lutheran, Perry felt called by God to enter the Lutheran Ministry.
He started college and graduated from Iowa State Teacher's College, Cedar Falls, in 1961. Next he moved the family to Roseville, Minnesota, where Perry enrolled in Luther Theological Seminary, in St. Paul. He served parishes in Milltown, Luck, and Grantsburg, Wis. during his seminary years, and was active at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN. He graduated from Luther Seminary in 1964. He served as pastor in Coulter, Charles City, Hawarden, Castalia, and Scarville all in Iowa.
Upon retirement he served parishes in Greene, Rock Creek, Sheffield, and did substitute pasturing for vacationing pastors in various parishes in northern Iowa. Perry was active in community affairs. He became an honorary member of the Iowa Farm Bureau, and joined the Rotary Club and the American Legion. Perry enjoyed gardening, growing roses, and woodworking.
He is survived by two daughters, Perilyn Ruth Brown Olsen of Apple Valley, Minn., and Solveig (Bruce) Swanson of Richfield, Minn.; six grandchildren, Rebecca (Mark) Wangerin, Eric Olsen, Andrew (Shawna) Swanson, Meghan Swanson, Christopher Dukes, Brandon (Sarah) Dukes; two great grandsons, Ian Andrew Swanson, and Riley Joel Dukes; two brothers, Jesse Leamon (Esther) Brown and Kenton (Fern) Brown; and a sister Verda Hawkins.
Perry was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Evelyn Ruth (Halverson) Brown on October 30, 2006; two daughters, Carla Brown-Dukes; an infant daughter, Paula Jean Brown; two sisters, Melba (Brown) Lewis and Nilda (Brown) Smith; and his parents.
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Service:
1:30 PM - Friday, February 8, 2008
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church
200 South Main
Charles City, IowaThe Rev. Perry L. Brown, 88, of Charles City, died peacefully on February 5, 2008, at the Roseville Good Samaritan Home, in Roseville, Minnesota.
Perry Linton Brown was born June 15, 1919, in Alma, Arkansas, the son of Jesse V. and Dorothy (Hill) Brown, the third child of the family of six. In 1939 he joined the CCC and was sent to Moville where he became a surveyor, the first of several different careers. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942, and trained in San Diego, Calif., and Ames. He was assigned to a ship repair unit in San Diego and Norfolk, Virginia; and traveled on the Queen Mary to do the same in Plymouth, England, then LaRochelle, France.
He married the love of his life, Evelyn Ruth Halverson on September 19, 1942, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Perry served in the Navy three and one-half years, 16 months of which he was overseas, and he was discharged honorably the fall of 1946.
Perry and Evelyn then lived in Waterloo and Cedar Falls while Perry worked repairing electrical motors, then doing electrical maintenance for Viking Pump Co. They lived for a short time in Waverly then moved back to Waterloo. Perry worked as an appliance salesmen for Sears Roebuck. During this time, Perry and Evelyn were active in St. John's Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls; St. Paul's Lutheran in Waverly, and Zion Lutheran in Waterloo.
While at Zion Lutheran, Perry felt called by God to enter the Lutheran Ministry. He started college and graduated from Iowa State Teacher's College, Cedar Falls, in 1961.
Next he moved the family to Roseville, Minnesota, where Perry enrolled in Luther Theological Seminary, in St. Paul. He served parishes in Milltown, Luck, and Grantsburg, Wis. during his seminary years, and was active at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN. He graduated from Luther Seminary in 1964. He served as pastor in Coulter, Charles City, Hawarden, Castalia, and Scarville all in Iowa.
Upon retirement he served parishes in Greene, Rock Creek, Sheffield, and did substitute pasturing for vacationing pastors in various parishes in northern Iowa. Perry was active in community affairs.
He became an honorary member of the Iowa Farm Bureau, and joined the Rotary Club and the American Legion. Perry enjoyed gardening, growing roses, and woodworking.
He is survived by two daughters, Perilyn Ruth Brown Olsen of Apple Valley, Minn., and Solveig (Bruce) Swanson of Richfield, Minn.; six grandchildren, Rebecca (Mark) Wangerin, Eric Olsen, Andrew (Shawna) Swanson, Meghan Swanson, Christopher Dukes, Brandon (Sarah) Dukes; two great grandsons, Ian Andrew Swanson, and Riley Joel Dukes; two brothers, Jesse Leamon (Esther) Brown and Kenton (Fern) Brown; and a sister Verda Hawkins.
Perry was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Evelyn Ruth (Halverson) Brown on October 30, 2006; two daughters, Carla Brown-Dukes; an infant daughter, Paula Jean Brown; two sisters, Melba (Brown) Lewis and Nilda (Brown) Smith; and his parents.
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