Harrison A. “Pat” Brown

BROWN, Harrison A. “Pat”, 87, BANGOR & EASTON, at Bangor, November 24, 2011. Graveside services will be held at Pierce Cemetery in Mars Hill in the spring. A Memorial Mass will be held at a future date. Arrangements in care of Brookings-Smith Funeral Home, Bangor.

BANGOR & EASTON – Harrison A. “Pat” Brown, 87, died in Bangor on Thanksgiving Day. He was born on May 17, 1924, in Easton, son of Harrison and Margaret (Hargrove) Brown.

    Surviving him are his wife, Marguerite (Cahill) of Bangor; sons, Jim of Presque Isle, Rick of Easton; daughters, Shelley Kennett of Old Orchard, Nancy Albert of Portland and Patricia Niedorowski of  Hampden; also, two grandchildren, Ashlee Albert of Presque Isle and Kelsey Albert of Washburn; and a great-granddaughter, Meredith Lynne of Presque Isle; several nieces and nephews.

    He was predeceased by his mother, father, and five sisters, Etta McKay, Erma Schol, Marion Dudley, Dolly Church, and Nedra Giberson.

    A veteran of World War II,  he was a purchasing agent for Maine Sugar Inc. for several years, a potato farmer, and in 1984, he retired from The Aroostook County Action Program in Presque Isle.

    Even though he moved to Bangor, his heart remained in “the County”. Pat often thought  and spoke of his friends in Easton, where he lived for 76 years. He had many wonderful memories of the Birch Haven Campground at Eagle Lake  where the family camped for thirteen years and since 1985 at the Red Barn Campground in Holden in the summer. He loved sports of all types and  followed several teams avidly on TV. He and his wife resided in Bangor since 1995.

    Pat was a quiet man. He loved music, dancing, his children, ice cream, playing horseshoes, and talking to people. He was a good listener and had a wonderful smile.

    The family thanks the wonderful, caring staff at the Veterans Home Skilled Nursing Unit who treated him and the family with so much kindness and dignity.

    Graveside services will be held at Pierce Cemetery in Mars Hill in the spring. A memorial mass will be held at a future date. Those who wish  to make gifts in his memory  may send them to the Children’s Clothing Program at Wings for Children and Families, 900 Hammond Street, Suite 915, Bangor, Maine 04401. A service of Brookings-Smith, 133 Center St., Bangor.