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Robert "Bob/Brownie" Brown
21 Nov 1924 – 29 Oct 2010
| Birth | 21 Nov 1924 |
| Death | 29 Oct 2010 |
| Cemetery | Parkview Cemetery Hastings , Adams County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | NJochum on 30 Jun 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60961331 |
Bio
Hastings resident, Robert "Bob/Brownie" Brown, 85 passed away Friday, October 29, 2010 at Grand Island Veterans Home, Grand Island, Nebraska. Bob was born November 21, 1924 in Edgar, Nebraska to Ernest Guy & Leota Josephine (Stiles) Brown. Bob attended Edgar High School and graduated from Hastings High School. He entered the Navy on September 13, 1943, and was honorably discharged on April 16, 1946. He married Judy Wichern Stenka on October 30, 1981. He owned his own Texaco station and worked at Montgomery Ward in the auto service department in Colorado. He also worked at Modern Linen, Gambles, City of Hastings Street Department, and Eddies Liquor. He loved bowling, fishing, roller skating, dancing, and driving stock cars in his early days. He also loved to play the harmonica and guitar all by ear. He was a member of First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Eagles Aerie #592, V.F.W., and the American Legion. Bob was preceded in death by his parents; infant son; infant daughter; adult daughter, Elaine Haller; brother, Floyd Brown; sisters, Glades Waggoner and Elsie Porter; and two nephews, Willbergene & Scott. Survivors include: Wife: Judy Brown – Hastings, NE Children & Spouses: Joan Heying – Commerce, CO June & Norm Schiffler – Hastings, NE Robin & Robert Somerhalder – Clay Center, NE Laura Hamilton – Hastings, NE Roy Stenka – Omaha, NE James & Cheryl Stenka – Trumbull, NE Brothers & Spouses: Gene & Betty Mae Brown – Redwood City, CA Louis Brown – Hastings, NE Sisters: Marylouise Sharp – Hastings, NE Ernestine Springer – Congress, AZ 17 Grandchildren: 11 Great-Grandchildren:
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- Floyd Victor Brown 1916–2005
- Gladys M. Brown Waggoner 1919–1962
- Gene Marvin "Geno" Brown 1921–2017
- Elsie M Brown Porter 1926–1993
- Mary Louise Brown Sharp 1928–?
- Ernestine M. Brown Springer 1929–2012
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