Charles G. Brown, 80, of Richland Township, Allegheny County, died Thursday in his home.

Born Nov. 15, 1926, in Gibsonia, he was the son of James H. and Mary Garraux Brown.

Mr. Brown served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War.

He attended Robert Morris College and Clarion State College, and he worked in account services for the People's Natural Gas. Co.

Mr. Brown was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, where he was elder, deacon and Sunday school teacher.

He was a Mason for more than 50 years with the Scottish Rite and Blue Lodge, and a member of the John E. Maier F. & A.M. Lodge 729.

Mr. Brown was a volunteer with St. Barnabas Health System and with the Bakerstown Mutual Fire Company. He also loved sports, square dancing and music.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret L. Case Brown, whom he married on Sept. 10, 1949; two sons, Charles R., and his wife, Catherine, Brown of Spring Grove, and Donald E., and his wife, Joanne, Brown of Pine Township; a daughter, Lois E. and her husband, Jau-Shyong, Deng of Ross Township; and four grandchildren, Kate M. McHale and Mark L. Brown, both of Spring Grove, and Craig and Christopher Deng, both Ross Township.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, William J. and Arthur R. Brown.

<B>BROWN —</B> Friends of Charles G. Brown, who died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the <B>SCHELLHAAS FUNERAL HOME, </B>5864 Heckert Road, Bakerstown, Richland Township. Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church in Bakerstown, Route 8 at Heckert Road. The Rev. Paul Becker Jr. will officiate. Burial with military honors will follow in the Allegheny County Memorial Park, McCandless.Memorial contributions may be made to Hosanna Industries, 109 Rinard Lane, Rochester, PA 15074 or Medi Home Hospice, 3162 Kipp Avenue, Lower Burrell, PA 15068.