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Arthur Lee Brown

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Arthur Lee Brown Veteran

Birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
6 Oct 1996 (aged 77)
Burial
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Masonic Garden
Memorial ID
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S SGT
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II

There were three Arthur L Brown's born in 1919 listed on NARA records. None were residents of Kansas.

ARTHUR L BROWN
Birth Date: 21 August 1919
Death Date: 06 October 1996 Proven
Est. Age at Death: 77Y 1M 15D
Issuing State: Railroad Board
Residence at Death: blank
SSDI

Arthur Lee Brown
b.21 August 1919, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
d.06 October 1996
father: William A Brown
mother: Anna O Jarman
"US Soc Sec ID Files, 1936-2007"

Arthur appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1920/ Kansas/ Shawnee (January)
h/ William Brown, 27y b.OK, occ: Laborer/Planning M_ll
w/ Olive, 27y b.MO
s/ Arthur Lee, 4mos b.KS
residence: 422 Madison Street, Topeka

1930/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ William A Brown, 37y b.OK, M/26 occ: Car Inspector/Railroad, * Veteran-No *
w/ Olive, 37y b.MO
s/ Arthur L, 10y b.KS
d/ R Imogene, 9y b.KS
residence: 3009 N 27th Street, KCK

He appears here with his father and stepmother:
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ William A Brown, 47y b.OK, G8, occ: Car Inspector/Railroad
w/ De Mur Brown, 34y b.KS, H-4
s/ Arthur L Brown, 20y b.KS, H-4, occ: Laborer/Storage
d/ Imogene Brown, 19y b.KS, H-4
stepson/ William Tosh, 15y b.KS, H-1
stepson/ James Tosh, 12y b.KS, G5
stepdaughter/ Joan Tosh, 8y b.KS, G2
residence in 1935: KCK

1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 105-16B, pg 38)
h/ Arthur s/b L Brown, 30y b.KS, occ: Car Inspector/Railroad
w/ Elizabeth Brown, 28y b.KS, H-4
s/ Arthur Lee Brown Jr, 3y bMO
s/ Billy Joe Brown, 2y b.MO
d/ Marilyn Brown, [abt 4mos] (Aug) b.KS
mil/ Anna DRESKO, 67y b.AUSTRIA, Wd
residence: 3080 [N] 37th Street, Quindaro

Published obituary
Arthur L Brown passed away comfortably Sunday, October 6, 1996. He was 77 years old.

Services will be 10 am Thursday, October 10, at Porter Funeral Home; burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call 6-9 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions to Kansas City Hospice.

Family members stayed with him through the last weeks of his life.

Arthur and his wife, the late Elizabeth Brown, raised seven children. He was an avid motorcycle rider logging over 300,000 miles on his BMW. He and his sons were members of the KC BMW Motorcycle Club. His travels included forty-nine states, Mexico, Canada and Europe.

As a retired forty-four year employee of the Union Pacific Railroad, he remained active in the National Association of Railroad Veteran Employees and the Union Pacific Old Timers Association. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Turner.

Other interests included bowling, square dancing with the ''Plaza Singles'' Club, Turner Lions Club, camping and boating. He was an Army Veteran of WWII.

Although he will be greatly missed by all who knew him, they will remember his strength and concern for others.

Family members include four sons, Arthur Lee Brown Jr, Kansas City, Kansas, William J Brown, Lenexa, Kansas, John R Brown, Tonganoxie, Kansas, David Brown, Peculiar, Missouri; three daughters, Marilyn Viscek, Kansas City, Kansas, Annette Harris, Merriam, Kansas, Patricia Edmundson, Kansas City, Kansas; stepmother, Cora Brown, Kansas City, Kansas; thirteen grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Kansas City STAR
08 October 1996

d.Johnson County, Kansas
edit from mike harris, contributor 48043488
(18 October 2020)
S SGT
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II

There were three Arthur L Brown's born in 1919 listed on NARA records. None were residents of Kansas.

ARTHUR L BROWN
Birth Date: 21 August 1919
Death Date: 06 October 1996 Proven
Est. Age at Death: 77Y 1M 15D
Issuing State: Railroad Board
Residence at Death: blank
SSDI

Arthur Lee Brown
b.21 August 1919, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas
d.06 October 1996
father: William A Brown
mother: Anna O Jarman
"US Soc Sec ID Files, 1936-2007"

Arthur appears on these two Censuses with his parents:
1920/ Kansas/ Shawnee (January)
h/ William Brown, 27y b.OK, occ: Laborer/Planning M_ll
w/ Olive, 27y b.MO
s/ Arthur Lee, 4mos b.KS
residence: 422 Madison Street, Topeka

1930/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ William A Brown, 37y b.OK, M/26 occ: Car Inspector/Railroad, * Veteran-No *
w/ Olive, 37y b.MO
s/ Arthur L, 10y b.KS
d/ R Imogene, 9y b.KS
residence: 3009 N 27th Street, KCK

He appears here with his father and stepmother:
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ William A Brown, 47y b.OK, G8, occ: Car Inspector/Railroad
w/ De Mur Brown, 34y b.KS, H-4
s/ Arthur L Brown, 20y b.KS, H-4, occ: Laborer/Storage
d/ Imogene Brown, 19y b.KS, H-4
stepson/ William Tosh, 15y b.KS, H-1
stepson/ James Tosh, 12y b.KS, G5
stepdaughter/ Joan Tosh, 8y b.KS, G2
residence in 1935: KCK

1950/ Kansas/ Wyandotte (ED 105-16B, pg 38)
h/ Arthur s/b L Brown, 30y b.KS, occ: Car Inspector/Railroad
w/ Elizabeth Brown, 28y b.KS, H-4
s/ Arthur Lee Brown Jr, 3y bMO
s/ Billy Joe Brown, 2y b.MO
d/ Marilyn Brown, [abt 4mos] (Aug) b.KS
mil/ Anna DRESKO, 67y b.AUSTRIA, Wd
residence: 3080 [N] 37th Street, Quindaro

Published obituary
Arthur L Brown passed away comfortably Sunday, October 6, 1996. He was 77 years old.

Services will be 10 am Thursday, October 10, at Porter Funeral Home; burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call 6-9 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions to Kansas City Hospice.

Family members stayed with him through the last weeks of his life.

Arthur and his wife, the late Elizabeth Brown, raised seven children. He was an avid motorcycle rider logging over 300,000 miles on his BMW. He and his sons were members of the KC BMW Motorcycle Club. His travels included forty-nine states, Mexico, Canada and Europe.

As a retired forty-four year employee of the Union Pacific Railroad, he remained active in the National Association of Railroad Veteran Employees and the Union Pacific Old Timers Association. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Turner.

Other interests included bowling, square dancing with the ''Plaza Singles'' Club, Turner Lions Club, camping and boating. He was an Army Veteran of WWII.

Although he will be greatly missed by all who knew him, they will remember his strength and concern for others.

Family members include four sons, Arthur Lee Brown Jr, Kansas City, Kansas, William J Brown, Lenexa, Kansas, John R Brown, Tonganoxie, Kansas, David Brown, Peculiar, Missouri; three daughters, Marilyn Viscek, Kansas City, Kansas, Annette Harris, Merriam, Kansas, Patricia Edmundson, Kansas City, Kansas; stepmother, Cora Brown, Kansas City, Kansas; thirteen grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Kansas City STAR
08 October 1996

d.Johnson County, Kansas
edit from mike harris, contributor 48043488
(18 October 2020)

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WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: SMG~SLG
  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35246570/arthur_lee-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Arthur Lee Brown (21 Aug 1919–6 Oct 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35246570, citing Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by SMG~SLG (contributor 46828829).