Paul J. Brown Sr.

Paul Joseph Brown Sr., of Catonsville, formerly of Dayton, died April 3, 2008, of Parkinson's disease, at the Cardinal Sheehan Center at Stella Maris, in Timonium. He was 88.

Born March 11, 1920, in Dayton, to Carl Thomas and Irene Cecelia O'Neill Brown, he attended Clarksville High School for about a year in the 1930s.

He married Emily Wachter in 1943.

Mr. Brown worked as a deliveryman for Bond Bread, now defunct, in Baltimore, for more than 20 years. He retired in 1983.

He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church in Dayton and later at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Catonsville, where he served as an usher.

He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Emily Brown, who died in 2007; and a son, Stephen J. Brown.

Mr. Brown is survived by a daughter, Joyce A. Brown, of Timonium; a son, Paul Joseph Brown Jr., of Ellicott City; a brother, Henry S. Brown, of Florida; two grandchildren, Michael Brown of West Virginia, and Cynthia Brown of Hanover.

A Mass of Christian burial was held April 7, 2008, at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Catonsville. The Rev. Christopher Whatley officiated.

Interment followed at Patuxent Cemetery of Mt. Carmel Church in Olney.

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