Obituary of Robert Wayne Brown

Robert Wayne Brown Age 95 died October 3, 2005 at Kennedy Mem. Hosp. in Cherry Hill., NJ. He was born Sept. 15, 1910 in Grand Junction, CO and attended Mesa College in Grand Junction. Early in his career, Mr. Brown lived in Kansas City, MO where he was a municipal bond trader for Commerce Trust Company. While there he was elected to the Missouri General Assembly for Jackson Co. in 1947 and 1948. In 1960 he moved to Phila where he worked in the municipal finance department for Kidder Peabody & Co. until his retirement in 1976. He had been a resident of Uxbridge at Cherry Hill since 1976. He was elected to the governing board of the Association there. Mr. Brown was active in Republican politics both in the Midwest and Phila areas. Mr Brown was a member of Mesna, the Phila Skating Club and the South Jersey Center for the Arts. On November 22, 1964 he married Katherine McCarthy Bickel. His wife preceded him in death. He is survived by his two step-daughters, Betty Kay Foster of Lumberton, NJ and Anne Emerson, Ft. Scott, KS. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Camden County Salvation Army, 120 Union Ave., Stratford, NJ 08084. Arrangements under the direction of the LeRoy P. Wooster Funeral Home, Atco, NJ.