Dale A. Brown Sr.
Dale A. Brown Sr., 86, of Ellwood City died Saturday at the Evergreen Nursing Center after a long illness.
Born Nov. 12, 1920, in Ellwood City, he was the son of James and Orpha Cearfoss Brown.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1938. He was a World War II Army veteran and was in the battles for New Guinea, the Southern Philippines and Luzon.
He worked until 1975 at the Ellwood Works of U.S. Steel Co. as plant security. He then worked the Ellwood City Hospital for 12 years as a courier, retiring in 1987.
Mr. Brown was a member of the Free Methodist Church in Ellwood City. He also was the janitor at the church for years and served on the official board at the church.
He also enjoyed traveling.
Surviving are his wife, Nellie Nye Brown, whom he married in 1976; a son and daughter-in-law, Dale A. and Linda Brown Jr. of Ellwood City; two daughters and sons-in- laws, Patricia and Randy Chronister of Slippery Rock and Cynthia and Hank Glogowski of Ellwood City; six grandchildren, Jodi L. Goebel and her husband, Jim, William D. Brown and his wife, Jennifer, Dale and Daniel Chronister and Janet and Laura Glogowski; and three great-grandchildren, Jamie L. Goebel and Madison R. and William D. Brown Jr.
He also is survived by a sister-in-law, Clara Brown of Ellwood City: a brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth J. and Jean Brown of Ellwood City, and a number of nieces and nephews; and his wife's family: three brothers-in-law and two sister-in-laws and their spouses, M. Charles and Ellen Nye and Calvin Nye, all of Portersville, Joseph and Dawn Nye of Ohio, Betty and Billy Rinker of Ellwood City and Margaret and George Lawther of Portersville
His first wife, Pearl Diana Long Brown, whom he married Feb. 14, 1942, died June 26, 1975. He also was preceded in death by a brother, Robert O. Brown, who died on July 3, 2005.
<B>BROWN</B> — Friends of Dale A. Brown Sr., who died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Marshall Funeral Home</B>, 200 Fountain Ave. Ellwood City. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Mitchell, the Rev. Forrest States and the Rev. Phillip Chalfant officiating. Burial will follow at the Locust Grove Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to the Free Methodist Church.
