The eldest of three sons of Samuel Emmons Brown and Florence Ivy brown.
here is his obituary from the Morning Sentinel, Waterville Maine which I found on Archives.Com through a newspaper search.
Charles Rufus Brown, 88 YARMOUTH - Charles Rufus Brown, 88, of Yarmouth, peacefully departed this life Monday morning, Apr. 4, 2005 at the Maine Medical Center surrounded by his loving family, He was born on July 24, 1916, in Boston, Mass., the eldest of three sons of Samuel Emmons and Florence Ivy Brown. He attended Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, Class of 1939. He was forced to leave school to help support his family during the depression and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the destroyer USS Massey in the North Atlantic campaign. He later was removed from combat duty and appointed to teach at the naval base in Miami, Fla. However, he volunteered to go back on active duty and was on a destroyer in the South Pacific whet) the war ended. He eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He moved to Maine after the war to study photography with Clarence White. There he met Muriel Jean Quinn of Bath, who married him for his brains and blue eyes on Oct. 24, 1948. He was the original chief engineer of WCSH-TV in Portland from the station's creation until 1968. He then worked various jobs including reaching mathematics at Andover College. All the while, he was working to complete his bachelor's degree one course at a time from University of Maine at Portland, finally graduating in 1979. In 1980, he embarked on a new adventure as a radio operator for commercial oil tankers. After five years, he returned to the University of Southern Maine as a part-time mathematics professor. Charlie was a man of many talents and interests. He was an accomplished amateur cellist, performing with Midcoast Symphony and other community groups. From 1976 his primary focus was chamber music; he was a regular participant in the Portland String Quartet workshops at Colby College and Newagen Inn. He was a long term member of the Lark Society. He was ham radio operator W1HZE since the early 1930s, and a lifelong member of the AARL. He loved jazz . He was a famous baker. He was a member of MENSA and attended meetings until the scotch ran out. He was a mathematician, a carpenter, and an accomplished photographer. He loved Maine and being on the water. He was admired for his selfless generosity of spirit and was loved by all who knew him. He knew a lot of people. Charlie was predeceased by brothers, Sam and Dick, a son Michael, and a granddaughter, Eleanor. He is survived by Muriel, his wife of 56 years; sons, Charles Jr. and Kenneth John; three daughters, Clarissa Dodge, Susan Alma and Barbara Jean; and 12 grandchildren. A service in celebration of Charlie's life will be held at Tuttle Road United Methodist Church on Saturday, Apr. 9 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the Charles R. Brown Scholarship Fund of the Lark Society. e-mail to a friend
here is his obituary from the Morning Sentinel, Waterville Maine which I found on Archives.Com through a newspaper search.
Charles Rufus Brown, 88 YARMOUTH - Charles Rufus Brown, 88, of Yarmouth, peacefully departed this life Monday morning, Apr. 4, 2005 at the Maine Medical Center surrounded by his loving family, He was born on July 24, 1916, in Boston, Mass., the eldest of three sons of Samuel Emmons and Florence Ivy Brown. He attended Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, Class of 1939. He was forced to leave school to help support his family during the depression and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the destroyer USS Massey in the North Atlantic campaign. He later was removed from combat duty and appointed to teach at the naval base in Miami, Fla. However, he volunteered to go back on active duty and was on a destroyer in the South Pacific whet) the war ended. He eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He moved to Maine after the war to study photography with Clarence White. There he met Muriel Jean Quinn of Bath, who married him for his brains and blue eyes on Oct. 24, 1948. He was the original chief engineer of WCSH-TV in Portland from the station's creation until 1968. He then worked various jobs including reaching mathematics at Andover College. All the while, he was working to complete his bachelor's degree one course at a time from University of Maine at Portland, finally graduating in 1979. In 1980, he embarked on a new adventure as a radio operator for commercial oil tankers. After five years, he returned to the University of Southern Maine as a part-time mathematics professor. Charlie was a man of many talents and interests. He was an accomplished amateur cellist, performing with Midcoast Symphony and other community groups. From 1976 his primary focus was chamber music; he was a regular participant in the Portland String Quartet workshops at Colby College and Newagen Inn. He was a long term member of the Lark Society. He was ham radio operator W1HZE since the early 1930s, and a lifelong member of the AARL. He loved jazz . He was a famous baker. He was a member of MENSA and attended meetings until the scotch ran out. He was a mathematician, a carpenter, and an accomplished photographer. He loved Maine and being on the water. He was admired for his selfless generosity of spirit and was loved by all who knew him. He knew a lot of people. Charlie was predeceased by brothers, Sam and Dick, a son Michael, and a granddaughter, Eleanor. He is survived by Muriel, his wife of 56 years; sons, Charles Jr. and Kenneth John; three daughters, Clarissa Dodge, Susan Alma and Barbara Jean; and 12 grandchildren. A service in celebration of Charlie's life will be held at Tuttle Road United Methodist Church on Saturday, Apr. 9 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the Charles R. Brown Scholarship Fund of the Lark Society. e-mail to a friend
The eldest of three sons of Samuel Emmons Brown and Florence Ivy brown.
here is his obituary from the Morning Sentinel, Waterville Maine which I found on Archives.Com through a newspaper search.
Charles Rufus Brown, 88 YARMOUTH - Charles Rufus Brown, 88, of Yarmouth, peacefully departed this life Monday morning, Apr. 4, 2005 at the Maine Medical Center surrounded by his loving family, He was born on July 24, 1916, in Boston, Mass., the eldest of three sons of Samuel Emmons and Florence Ivy Brown. He attended Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, Class of 1939. He was forced to leave school to help support his family during the depression and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the destroyer USS Massey in the North Atlantic campaign. He later was removed from combat duty and appointed to teach at the naval base in Miami, Fla. However, he volunteered to go back on active duty and was on a destroyer in the South Pacific whet) the war ended. He eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He moved to Maine after the war to study photography with Clarence White. There he met Muriel Jean Quinn of Bath, who married him for his brains and blue eyes on Oct. 24, 1948. He was the original chief engineer of WCSH-TV in Portland from the station's creation until 1968. He then worked various jobs including reaching mathematics at Andover College. All the while, he was working to complete his bachelor's degree one course at a time from University of Maine at Portland, finally graduating in 1979. In 1980, he embarked on a new adventure as a radio operator for commercial oil tankers. After five years, he returned to the University of Southern Maine as a part-time mathematics professor. Charlie was a man of many talents and interests. He was an accomplished amateur cellist, performing with Midcoast Symphony and other community groups. From 1976 his primary focus was chamber music; he was a regular participant in the Portland String Quartet workshops at Colby College and Newagen Inn. He was a long term member of the Lark Society. He was ham radio operator W1HZE since the early 1930s, and a lifelong member of the AARL. He loved jazz . He was a famous baker. He was a member of MENSA and attended meetings until the scotch ran out. He was a mathematician, a carpenter, and an accomplished photographer. He loved Maine and being on the water. He was admired for his selfless generosity of spirit and was loved by all who knew him. He knew a lot of people. Charlie was predeceased by brothers, Sam and Dick, a son Michael, and a granddaughter, Eleanor. He is survived by Muriel, his wife of 56 years; sons, Charles Jr. and Kenneth John; three daughters, Clarissa Dodge, Susan Alma and Barbara Jean; and 12 grandchildren. A service in celebration of Charlie's life will be held at Tuttle Road United Methodist Church on Saturday, Apr. 9 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the Charles R. Brown Scholarship Fund of the Lark Society. e-mail to a friend
here is his obituary from the Morning Sentinel, Waterville Maine which I found on Archives.Com through a newspaper search.
Charles Rufus Brown, 88 YARMOUTH - Charles Rufus Brown, 88, of Yarmouth, peacefully departed this life Monday morning, Apr. 4, 2005 at the Maine Medical Center surrounded by his loving family, He was born on July 24, 1916, in Boston, Mass., the eldest of three sons of Samuel Emmons and Florence Ivy Brown. He attended Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, Class of 1939. He was forced to leave school to help support his family during the depression and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939. He served as a radio operator on the destroyer USS Massey in the North Atlantic campaign. He later was removed from combat duty and appointed to teach at the naval base in Miami, Fla. However, he volunteered to go back on active duty and was on a destroyer in the South Pacific whet) the war ended. He eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He moved to Maine after the war to study photography with Clarence White. There he met Muriel Jean Quinn of Bath, who married him for his brains and blue eyes on Oct. 24, 1948. He was the original chief engineer of WCSH-TV in Portland from the station's creation until 1968. He then worked various jobs including reaching mathematics at Andover College. All the while, he was working to complete his bachelor's degree one course at a time from University of Maine at Portland, finally graduating in 1979. In 1980, he embarked on a new adventure as a radio operator for commercial oil tankers. After five years, he returned to the University of Southern Maine as a part-time mathematics professor. Charlie was a man of many talents and interests. He was an accomplished amateur cellist, performing with Midcoast Symphony and other community groups. From 1976 his primary focus was chamber music; he was a regular participant in the Portland String Quartet workshops at Colby College and Newagen Inn. He was a long term member of the Lark Society. He was ham radio operator W1HZE since the early 1930s, and a lifelong member of the AARL. He loved jazz . He was a famous baker. He was a member of MENSA and attended meetings until the scotch ran out. He was a mathematician, a carpenter, and an accomplished photographer. He loved Maine and being on the water. He was admired for his selfless generosity of spirit and was loved by all who knew him. He knew a lot of people. Charlie was predeceased by brothers, Sam and Dick, a son Michael, and a granddaughter, Eleanor. He is survived by Muriel, his wife of 56 years; sons, Charles Jr. and Kenneth John; three daughters, Clarissa Dodge, Susan Alma and Barbara Jean; and 12 grandchildren. A service in celebration of Charlie's life will be held at Tuttle Road United Methodist Church on Saturday, Apr. 9 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the Charles R. Brown Scholarship Fund of the Lark Society. e-mail to a friend
Family Members
Children
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
