Belmont-----Norman F. Brown, 83, of 316 Ladd Hill Road, died at the New Hampshire Veterans Home, Tilton on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Mr. Brown was the widower of Shirley Mae (Silver) Brown who died in 1999.
Mr. Brown was born October 4, 1927 in Keene, N.H., the son of Harry Brown and Jennie Duquette.
Mr. Brown served in the USMC during WWII. He was owner and operator of Brown Machine Company in Alexandria, N.H. for several years and later was the senior manufacturing engineer at N.H. Ball Bearings in Laconia for thirty-five years. He was a volunteer firefighter in Alexandria, serving as lieutenant. He was an active member of the American Legion, Wilkins-Smith Post #l and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Laconia Post #1670.
Mr. Brown raised pigeons and pigs and loved camping in New York, hunting in Maine, fishing and golf.
Survivors include two sons, Norman A. Brown and his wife, Patricia, of Jefferson, NH and David J.. Brown of Laconia; three daughters, Linda Lynn and her husband, Jeffrey, of Wolfeboro, Susan J. Rogers-Laazouzi of Manchester and Sally A. Blais and her husband, Dennis E. Blais, Sr. of Evans, Georgia; several grandchildren and great grandchildren and many nephews and nieces. In addition to his parents and his wife, Mr. Brown was predeceased by a brother, Robert E. Duquette, of West Swanzey, N.H.
Calling hours will be held from 2:00-4:00PM and 7:00-9:00PM on Sunday, July 10, 2011 in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 10:00AM at St. Joseph Parish, 96 Main Street, Belmont, N.H.
Private burial will be in the family lot in South Road Cemetery, Belmont, N.H.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, 875 North Randolph Street, suite 225, Arlington, VA 22203.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.