Robert D. Brown was born May 11, 1923, at What Cheer, Iowa to Elva Nelson and E.D. Brown. He graduated from What Cheer High School. He attended two years at Kamper
Military Academy, Booneville, Missouri and then enlisted in the Air Force in Santa Ana, California on March 23, 1943. After training, he was sent to England and stationed at a B-17 base near London. Robert completed thirty missions in Europe and was honorably discharged on October 27, 1945. He then enlisted in the Air Force Reserves on October 15, 1948, and remained on active status until May 11, 1983. After his discharge, he enrolled at the University of Iowa for two years and received a degree in Business Administration in June, 1947.
Robert returned to What Cheer as Sales Manager of the What Cheer Clay Products Co.
On August 31, 1947 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Carmean at Lake City, Iowa. They became parents of Richard and Christine.
In March, 1959, the family moved to a farm at Lytton and resided there until retiring and moving to Friendship Haven in 1997.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy of Friendship Haven; son, Richard of Scottsdale, Arizona; daughter, Christine of Arlington, Virginia. He is a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star and American Legion. He served in the Lytton School board, Loring Hospital Board, and the Lytton election board. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Mahlon Brown.
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