Wesley Brown Obituary

Brown, Wesley Age 75 Of Saint Paul On June 22, 2006. Preceded in death by by his wife, Dorothy Jean Brown; parents, Abe Brown and Nellie Stacy; sister, Ora Dell Roberts; brothers, Henry Marshall and Wallace Jones. Survived by his children, Patricia (Ferrolin) Brown Winston, Patrick Brown, Mark (Mary) Brown, Heidi Brown and Holly Brown; grandchildren, Nicole, Sarah and Andrea Brown; sister, Etta Mae Mitchell; brother, Southern Brown; and many more loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Wesley worked for the College of St. Catherine for over 30 years, and he was truly loved by everyone. Funeral service Thursday, June 29th 11:30 AM at SPIELMAN MORTUARY, 344 W. University Ave., St. Paul, 651-222-6363. Visitation Wednesday, June 28th, 5-8 PM at the mortuary and also one hour prior to service on Thursday (10:30-11:30 AM). Interment Elmhurst Cemetery

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Published by Pioneer Press from Jun. 26 to Jun. 28, 2006.

Memories and Condolences
for Wesley Brown

11 Entries

Jill Stewart

August 2, 2006

My sympathy to the family of Wes Brown, and I apologize for the lateness of this entry. As a student at St Kate's, Wes' smile was such a day brightenter, and he was so kind to all. I am sure he will be missed.

Marjorie Mathison Hance

July 1, 2006

To the family of Wes Brown -

Wes was an icon at St. Kate's during his many years of service here. He reached out to every student, made each one feel special. He was such a personality and so well loved by everyone who knew him. We were very fortunate to have him as one of our greatest student champions. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Maria (Rydell) Hermann

June 30, 2006

June 30, 2006

Dear Mark, Pat, Girls and Families:

I too remember the "good 'ol days" down at Linwood Park with your dad surrounded by "this years team" giving one of his many coaching lessons. Your dad gave his heart to coaching and the kids. He had an incredible spirit about him. Everyone knew Coach Brown! He'll be dearly missed.

Our family was lucky to know such a great person.

Okang Nesbitt

June 28, 2006

To wesley family my deepest condolences , Wes

is a great person to know, i worked together with him at Minikahda storage i could always remember Wes telling me when life is pressing done a bit rest if must but don't you quit.

From his Dearest friend Okang

Laura Voisinet

June 28, 2006

Patti, Patrick, Mark, Heidi and Holly,

We are profoundly saddened to hear of your Dad’s departing. In our time as your Mom and Dad’s next-door neighbors, we treasured their friendship and conversation.

Many an evening Mark and Matt would be delayed coming home when I knew that they were out back swapping stories with Wes in the alley. And Wes sure had some stories – his children and grandchildren, fishing, University of Michigan, the Vikings, life, everything, you name it! I also didn’t know that Wes was the self-designated snow plowman of our Lincoln Ave block. After the first snowfall of winter 2002, I rose early to clear Wes and Dorothy’s stairs and walkways, only to find out later I had taken all his fun away – I never heard the end of that! We came to an agreement to be a team from there on out plowing and shoveling for the block together. After we moved to SC I can honestly say I truly missed that early morning time with Wes in winter. But probably my most treasured memory of Wes was the time he took to share his biography with our daughter Julia for an 8th grade English writing project. He sat for hours in our kitchen regaling us with his life’s stories and Dorothy supplemented it all with neatly handwritten details to assist in her own way, too.

Wes and Dorothy were without a doubt the kindest, most caring and best next-door neighbors one could ever hope for. I’m forever grateful for their roles as surrogate grandparents to Matt and Julia and for their endearing friendship with us.

We hope you take comfort, as we do, that they are together in peace again.

Our deepest condolences,

Eric & Amy Gohdes Family

June 27, 2006

Our deepest sympathy to Wes' family. He will be greatly missed. Our daily conversation at Minikahda Mini Storage was not something that will be easily forgotten. Wes was a dedicated employee and no matter what was happening, Wes would always make you SMILE! =-)

Pat Sirek

June 27, 2006

Dear Browns,

When I saw Wes' obituary in the newspaper, it brought back many fond memories. When I was a student at St. Kate's in the '70s, Wes was like an extra dad. As the intercampus bus driver, he heard so many stories of our trials and tribulations, from bad grades to breakups with boys. And he always had good advice: "Just study hard and the rest will come! And get your butt outta bed on time!" He used to throw snowballs at our dorm window so we'd rouse our sleepy selves to catch his 7:30 a.m. bus. We loved him.

Rest in peace, Wes. We'll miss you.

Michael Larson

June 27, 2006

In the early 1970's Wes drove the shuttle bus between St. Kate's and St. Thomas. His words of greeting and encouragement meant a lot to us college kids. It would seem the "Wes Express" (that is, "Wes Brown and his bus of renown") has reached the final destination; I'm grateful that I could be along for part of the ride.

Sherri Villebrun

June 26, 2006

Patrick,I am sorry for the loss of your father. He was a nice man - I remember he would give me rides to see you . I also see your mother passed away before him . I hope that you get through this loss with the help and support of your family.

Joyce Clark

June 26, 2006

To Wes's family - We're so deeply saddened by this sudden shock in your lives. Our deepest sympathy to your family. Praying for friends to comfort you, faith to uphold you and loving memories to help you smile again. He was a wonderful,caring and giving man. During the winter months and after a snow fall, Wes was out snow plowing the sidewalk for our entire block (thank you Wes). Last time we saw your dad, he was in the alley blasting BB King music out of his pickup truck, he asked us who the artist was and we surprised him when we came back with BB King. Rest assure your parents are together and in a better place, may they Rest in Peace.

God's Peace

Greg and Joyce Clark

Vince Farrell

June 26, 2006

Mark, Pat and all the girls,

I cherish the memories of the days our dads used to coach all of us kids down at Linwood in the early to mid 70's.

There will always be a picture of your dad in my mind carrying the bat bag, with you two in tow, just before we would start taking batting practice.

I remember the playground director, the late Mike Myers, saying that people used to come to our games just to watch our dads coach. They would indeed put on a show. As much fun as we had playing, I truly believe they enjoyed coaching us more.

Your dad was the epitome of the word "class" and we were all lucky to have known him.

May he rest in peace

Vince Farrell

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