OBIT: Bruce B. BROWN, 2002, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BROWN
  
    Bruce B. Brown, 83, Greencastle, died Jan. 14, 2002 at his home. 
  He was born Oct. 24, 1918 in Tacoma, Wash., the son of the late
  Myrtle C. and Harry E. Brown.  He was preceded in death by a brother,
  W. H. Brown; an infant son, Gordon B. Brown, and one grandchild.  He
  is survived by his wife, Martha Deeter Brown, whom he married June 8,
  1946 in Tacoma, Wash.; daughter, Gretchen Bodrogi, Finksburg, Md.;
  sons: Timothy C. Brown, Greensboro, N. C.; and Samuel K. Brown,
  Greencastle; sister, Marjorie Witt, Anchorage, Alaska; brother,
  Gordon K. Brown, Fort Pierce, Fla., and four grandchildren.  He was a
  registered professional engineer retiring in 1983 from the E. I. du
  Pont de Nemours & Co., Potomic River Works in West Virginia, after
  more than 45 years of service at various du Pont sites.  He held a
  degree in industrial engineering from I.C.S. and had further studies
  from California Coast University.  He was a member of Zion Lutheran
  Church in Williamsport, Md.  He served in the U. S. Coast Guard
  during World War II and was a member of the American Legion State
  Post No. 945 in Wormleysburg, Pa.  He was a member of the American
  Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member and past president of
  the Southern Engineering Society of Hagerstown, Md.  He was also a
  family genealogist and historian for the Deeter Family and a member
  of the Berlin Area Historical Society, the Palatines To America
  Pennsylvania Chapter, the New York State Historical Society, the
  Chippewa, Wis., Genealogical Society and the Juneau-Jackson-Monroe
  Genealogy Associations of Wisconsin.  Mr. Brown had a deep interest
  in his Scottish Heritage and was a member of The Society of Scottish
  Clarks and The Clan Broun/Brown Society.  He was a Piper of the Clan
  Shaw Society and he was the appointed "Am Piobaire" personal piper to
  the Commander of the Clan MacAulay when he was in the U.S.A.  He was a
  member of the Somerset-Cambria Chapter of the Sons of the American
  Revolution and had been a member of the American Rifle Association
  for more than 50 years.  Graveside funeral service will be held at 1
  a.m. Friday at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Fairhope, with Pastor Greg Martin
  officiating.  Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at
  the Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, 45 S. Carlisle St.,
  Greencastle.  The family requests that flowers be omitted with
  memorial contributions given in his memory to the Berlin Area
  Historical Society, P. O. Box 35, Berlin, Pa., 15530.
  
  Daily American, January 16, 2002
  
  [B2846 & B2847]