Born July 23, 1930, to Fred Brown, Sr., and Louise O'Reilly, 2nd of 9 children, Fred William Brown, Jr., passed away October 15, 2014.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Christine, Louise, Pauline, Cleo; and brothers, Leon and Leo; his daughter, Donna; and grandson Jordan.
Fred enlisted in the Navy, July 25, 1947, as a deckhand, stationed at Skaggs Island on a tug boat in Sonoma, CA. Discharged April 26, 1950, he hitchhiked home from CA, and "spent 3 days trying to get a ride out of Barstow".
Fred "found" and married Mina Lee (Wheeler) Wiles on July 4, 1955. Mina had two daughters, Linda Ann Wiles, age 6, and Donna Jean Wiles, age 2. He and Mina didn't have other children together but they helped raise a niece and a granddaughter.
They had 6 grandchildren and (he expressed amazement each time one of them was born, saying, "I don't know how we did it, but we have the prettiest baby in the nursery "AGAIN!)", 5 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial service will be on Saturday, October 18, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. at Denton Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Chaplin Mike Shillings.
Arrangements are under the direction of Denton Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.dentonfuneralhome.net .
