Robert E. “Bob” Brown

Robert E. “Bob” Brown, 82, formerly of Tipton, died at 7:40 p.m. on Monday, December 24, 2018 at Allisonville Meadows in Fishers.  He was born on March 10, 1936 in Kokomo to John C. & Marie (Landseadel) Brown.  Bob had also lived in Kokomo, Noblesville, Hudson, Florida, Aberdeen, Maryland and Newton, Mass.  He married Priscilla P. Johnson on April 20, 1960 and she preceded him in death on July 27, 2011.

Bob was a Tool & Die Maker and had worked at Delco Electronics, retiring in 1995.  He was a member of the Noblesville First United Methodist Church.  He enjoyed genealogy, farming and growing walnut trees.  He was also a coin collector.  Bob served in the U.S. Army from 1958-62.

Bob is survived by one daughter, Pam Stazesky, Newton, Mass.; two brothers and one sister, John A. Brown and wife Nancy of Kokomo, Richard Brown and wife Mary, Tipton and Harriet Charles, Bedford, Indiana; one son-in-law, Robert Phillips, Fishers; a sister-in-law, Colleen Brown, Dallas, Georgia and a brother-in-law, Bob Jones, Delton, Michigan.  He also has four grandchildren, Kristen Cernero, Thomas Stazesky, Andrew Phillips and Taylor Stazesky; one great-grandson, Malachi Cernero and several nieces and nephews.

Bob was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Phillips and three siblings, Jerry Brown, Mary Jones and Patricia Brown.

Funeral services for Bob will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 28 at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with visitation from 3:00-7:00 p.m.  Rev. Jerry Rairdon will be the officiant.  Burial will be at 11:00 on Saturday at Fairview Cemetery, Tipton, with military honors.

Memorial contributions in Bob’s honor may be made to the Parkinson Research Foundation, 710 W. 168th Street, New York, New York, 10032.