Visitation
June 15, 2011
2:00-4:00 & 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Funeral Service
June 16, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Location: First Lutheran Church of Calvert County [Map]
Interment
Location: Private
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William Ernest “Ernie” Brown, 83, of Deale, MD, formerly of Beltsville and College Park, MD, passed away June 8, 2011 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. Ernie was born May 14, 1928 in Washington, D.C. to Andrew Jackson and Ethel Mae (Perry) Brown. He was raised in Southeast Washington and graduated from Anacostia High School in 1946. He entered the US Army in 1946 and served on active duty until 1948. He remained in the US Army Reserves, and was called to a second tour of duty from 1950 until 1951. He married Patricia Dawn Myers on November 3, 1950, and they lived in Southeast Washington, D.C. Ernie attended Strayer Business College in the District and received degrees in business and accounting. He was employed as an accountant with numerous automobile dealerships in the Washington area. He also began a career in the 1940’s as a Union Mailer with the former Washington Evening Star newspaper where he worked until the demise of that paper. He then worked as a Mailer with the Washington Post from 1981 until retiring from the newspaper business in 1995. He was a member of the Union Mailer’s Local 29, an active member of the Optimist Club of Calvert County where he held numerous offices including twice holding the position of Maryland/South Delaware Governor. Ernie was also a former member of the Greenbelt American Legion and a current member of the Huntingtown American Legion Post 85, and the Deale Elks Lodge 2528. In his leisure time Ernie enjoyed crabbing, sports, travel, camping, and spending time with family, especially his grandchildren. He also held a lifelong interest in Drum Corps International.
Ernie is survived by his wife Patricia D. “Pat” Brown of Deale; daughters Cathie L. Behneman of Wildwood, NJ and Terry D. McCormick and husband Daniel of Riley, Kansas; a son Kenneth A. Brown and wife Cynthia of Fairhaven, MD; grandchildren M. Ryan, Dana C. and Cara N. Behneman, Colleen E. Gibson, Megan D. Raymond, Shawn M. McCormick, and Emily G., Sarah R. and Andrew J. Brown; great-granddaughters Alexandria B. Raymond and Allison M. Gibson; a sister Ida Mae Chewning of Palmetta, FL and brother Andrew J. Brown, Jr. of Palos Verdes, CA..
Friends and family will be received Wednesday June 15 from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday June 16 at First Lutheran Church of Calvert County, Huntingtown, MD. Interment will be private.
Memorial Contributions
Contributions in Ernie’s name may be made to the Maryland/South Delaware Optimist’s Childhood Cancer Campaign at: MDSD/CCC, P.O. Box 2422, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.
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