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Fort Dodge –
Robert D. Brown, 86, formerly of Lytton, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Friendship Haven in Fort
Dodge. A
memorial service was held Monday, April 12 at Lampe Funeral Home in Lake
City with Rev. Gary bird
officiating. Burial was in the Lake
City Cemetery.
Robert D. Brown was born May 11, 1923, at What Cheer, Iowa
to Elva Nelson and E.D. Brown. He
graduated from What Cheer High School.
He attended two years at Kamper
Military Academy,
Booneville, Missouri
and then enlisted in the Air Force in Santa Ana,
California on March 23, 1943.
After training, he was sent to England
and stationed at a B-17 base near London. Robert completed thirty missions in Europe
and was honorably discharged on October
27, 1945. He then enlisted
in the Air Force Reserves on October
15, 1948, and remained on active status until May 11, 1983. After his discharge, he enrolled at the University
of Iowa for two years and
received a degree in Business Administration in June, 1947.
Robert returned to What Cheer as Sales Manager of the What
Cheer Clay Products Co.
On August 31,
1947 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Carmean at Lake
City, Iowa. They became parents of Richard and
Christine.
In March, 1959, the family moved to a farm at Lytton and
resided there until retiring and moving to Friendship Haven in 1997.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy of Friendship Haven;
son, Richard of Scottsdale, Arizona; daughter, Christine of Arlington,
Virginia. He is a 50 year member of
the Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star and American Legion. He served in the Lytton
School board, Loring Hospital
Board, and the Lytton election board.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Mahlon Brown.
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