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Mr. Raymond S. Brown Jr., 81, of Cooperstown died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, Jan. 18, 2005, at his home on Middlefield Center Road.
Ray was born Oct. 27, 1923, in Dobbs Ferry, a son of Raymond S. Brown Sr. and Katherine T. Brown. Raised in Dobbs Ferry, he graduated from the Dobbs Ferry High School and was then employed for six months by the local A&P.
On Oct. 14, 1942, he entered into active service with the United States Army and proudly served his country during World War II with the 143rd Ordinance Medium Maintenance Company. He was involved with action in New Guinea and received the American and Asiatic-Pacific Service Medals, the Philippines Liberation Ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal.
Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the military Feb. 1, 1946, he moved to South Kortright, where his mother and father owned and operated a dairy farm on Roses Brook Road.
While living in South Kortright, he met his future wife, Frida Norberg, and they married July 31, 1948, at the Roman Catholic Church of the Most Precious Blood in South Kortright.
For 40 years, Ray was employed by the dairy farmers co-operative Dairylea and was responsible for many milk plants, including those in South Kortright, Milford, Cobleskill and Mt. Upton. During this time, the Browns first lived in South Kortright, moving in 1964 to Susquehanna Avenue in Cooperstown. In 1976, Ray and Frida moved to Adams and lived there until his retirement as an area manager in 1986. They returned to Cooperstown that same year and settled in their home on Middlefield Center Road.
In his retirement years, Ray was employed on a part-time basis from 1986 until 2000 as one of the "red coats" at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. He was currently serving as a court attendant with the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department in the Otsego County Court House.
Of the Catholic faith, he was a communicant of St. Mary’s "Our Lady of the Lake" Catholic Church in Cooperstown. He was also an active and devoted member of the Lions Club of Cooperstown, having been a member since February of 1985 and serving as president of the club in 1996 and 1997.
Ray was honored to have served his country during World War II and demonstrated this commitment by being a loyal member and current adjutant of the Sgt. Walter P. Eggleston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7128 in Cooperstown. On the county level, he was currently serving as the senior vice commander and acting council commander of the Otsedela VFW Council.
He will be missed by his family, co-workers, fellow Lions and veterans and friends.
Ray is survived by four daughters, Kathleen A. Brown of San Jose, Costa Rica, Eileen F. Brown of Victor, Martha Sherwood and her husband, Charles, of Cherry Valley and Carol Morales and her husband, Alejandro, of Tarrytown; two sons, Thomas R. Brown and his wife, Nancy, of Ithaca and Paul D. Brown and his wife, Linda, of Irvington, Va.; six granddaughters, Andrea Brown, Frida and Celia Brown, and Leah, Valeria and Renata Morales; one sister, Mrs. June Perby of Rosedale, L.I.; one brother, William S. Brown and his wife, Frances, of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; four sisters-in-law, Mrs. Anne Buck of East Meredith, Mrs. Esther Lee of Venice, Fla., Mrs. Alice Nichols of Bloomville and Mrs. Jeane Norberg of Oneonta; one brother-in-law, Sven E. Sloth and his wife, Ingrid, of Oneonta; and many, many nieces and nephews.
Ray was predeceased by his wife, Frida, who died Aug. 28, 1994, and one brother, John Edgar Brown.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, at St. Mary’s "Our Lady of the Lake" Catholic Church in Cooperstown with Fr. John P. Rosson, pastor, presiding.
The Service of Committal and burial, with military honors, will be conducted at a later date in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Index.
Friends may call at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, when Ray’s family will be in attendance.
It is desired that, in lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts be made to Ray’s favorite charity, The Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, P.O. Box 306, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0306. Please specify that your gift go towards the Mission Account for Fr. Joe Thaler, M.M. or, you may donate to a charity of your choice.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
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