Dec. 21, 1928 – Sept. 20, 2007
Buryl Marion Brown, 78, formerly of Cascadia, died Sept. 20, 2007 at his home in Lebanon.
He was born Dec. 21, 1928 in Fairview to Charles and Delilah (Mays) Brown.
He attended school in Berlin and Lebanon and delivered milk for Foley/Bohle Brothers Creamery in Lebanon. When he was just 15 years old he took flying lessons from Ralph Scroggins.
He was a sawyer for Santiam Lumber Co. in Sweet Home, and also a sawyer and mill foreman for Amos Horner in Fairview.
He married Dorothy Rozell July 10, 1948 in Reno, Nev. She preceded him in death Oct. 8, 1982. He married Patsy Saily Reck on December 28, 1984 in Reno, Nev.
He was a Boy Scout leader in Cascadia.
Mr. Brown supervised the building of a sawmill in Wrangell, Alaska and was the mill manager. He went to Japan to look at sawmills on a company trip.
He loved to take his grandsons fishing in Alaska. He also shared his knowledge with children. He was a great mushroom hunter and loved to grow a beautiful garden.
Mr. Brown retired from Triple T Stud Co. in May of 1994. He traveled to Michigan in June of 1994 with his brother Glenn and wife Patsy to see gold and copper mines and families. He was the fifth great-grandson of Daniel Boone and made a trip back to Missouri in June of 2002 to see Boone’s home and where he died.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, Patsy; daughter, Linda Hall of Aberdeen, Wash; sons, Larry Brown of Seward, Alaska, Lonnie Brown of Puyallup, Wash. and Lloyd Brown of Wrangell, Alaska; stepson. Walter Reck of Albany; stepdaughters, Melinda Johnson of Sweet Home and Lucille Oeder of Lebanon; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren and 13 stepgreat-grandchildren; sisters, Hazel Robertson of Fairview, Gladys Jackson of Corvallis and Lanore Yonker of Niles, Mich.; brothers, Ted Brown of Springfield and Glenn Brown of Whitefish, Mont.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral was held Sept. 24 at the Sweet Home Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with burial in Ames Cemetery in Sweet Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sweet Home Genealogical Library, 1223 Kalmia St., Sweet Home, Oregon 97386. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.