Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Alfred Emmitt July 28, 1984
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, August 9, 1984
Alfred Emmitt Brown, 82, died at Mid-Columbia Medical Center, July 28 after a 
sudden illness.  He was a lifelong resident of Tygh Valley.

He was born Dec. 4, 1901 in Tygh Valley.

He went to school in Tygh Valley and Dufur and he and a brother rode 
motorcycles to high school in Dufur.  The vehicles they rode were among the 
first motorcycles in the area.

As a young man, he worked for a threshing crew sewing wheat sacks, and later 
worked for the railroad from 1918 to 1922, on the Deschutes River.  In 1922 he 
bought a service station in Tygh Valley and has owned and operated it ever 
since.

In the early 1930's, Mr. Brown sold Plymouths and DeSotos and later Willys 
autos in Tygh Valley.  He was also the John Deere dealer for 30 years and was 
a dealer for Standard Oil in Oregon for one of the longest periods of time of 
any dealer in Oregon.

Also as a young man, he played saxaphone with a group called the "Dixie 
Strollers" in the 1930s.

He was a member of the IOOF Lodge for 40 years, was active as a volunteer 
fireman and had been a member of the Swap and Swing Square Dance Club for 30 
years.

Survivors include three sons, Alvin, Dayville; Robert, Homer, Alaska; and 
Loris, Tygh Valley; a sister, Zelma Balzer, The Dalles; three brothers, Frank 
Woodland, Wash.; Clifford, Lebanon, and Lewis, The Dalles; 12 grandchildren, 
and 14 great-grandchildren.  His wife, Eddia died in 1965.

Funeral services were Wednesday at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home with 
the Rev. Dan Elam officiating.  Burial was in the Tygh Valley Community 
Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Dick, Mike, Jim and Sam Brown; Ron Walker and Mike McLaurin.

Memorials may be made to the Tygh Valley Fire Department or to the Southern 
Wasco County Ambulance Fund.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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