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Birth:          1 Feb 1919 Palmer, Mass.
Death:          15 Jan 2002 Southbridge, Mass.

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US Soc Sec Apps and Claims on ancestry
http://www.beersandstory.com/obituary/Richard-James-Brown/Brimfield-MA/80593
Brimfield, Richard J. Brown, 82, of Brookfield Road died Tuesday in Harrington 
Hospital, Southbridge. Born in Palmer, Feb. 1, 1919, he was the son of the late J. 
Walter & Bertha (Parker) Brown. He was a lifelong resident and the last of a family of 
five children. Mr. Brown was a comptroller for 21 years at Early American Inns and 
Yankee Pedlar Inn in Holyoke, retiring 1981. He attended Brimfield Public Schools and 
graduated from Hitchcock Free Academy, class of 1937. He later attended New 
England School of Accounting in Worcester, graduating in June 1949. An Army 
veteran of WWII, he served in the Persian Gulf Service Command Transportation 
Corps. Richard was a member of the First Congregational Church of Brimfield for 66 
years, serving on many boards and committees, including 26 years as treasurer. He 
was a trustee of Hitchcock free Academy for 50 years, and honorary trustee after 
retiring. He served during the time of the academy??(TM)s transition from school to 
community center. During his tenure, he served on most committees and held many 
offices. He was treasurer for 14 years. His wife of 31 years, the former Harriet E. 
Tarbell died in 1980. He is survived by a son Thomas J., with whom he lived and 
daughter, Marilyn E. Sherris and a grandaughter, Laura Sherris, all of Brimfield. He 
also leaves nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be Sunday, January 27 at 
2:00 p.m.at the church. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 18 from 
5:00??"7:00 p.m. at the BEERS & STORY PALMER FUNERAL HOME. Burial will be a 
the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, he has requested that donations be 
made in his memory to either the First Congregational Church, Box 203 or Hitchcock 
Free Academy, Box 155, both in Brimfield, 01010 
pub rec on ancestry PO Box 55, Brimfield, Mass.

Parents
BROWN J. Walter ()
PARKER Bertha ()

Siblings
BROWN Richard James (1 Feb 1919 - 15 Jan 2002)

Marriage To TARBELL Harriet Elizabeth (13 Oct 1920 - 11 Dec 1980)
    m. 1949 Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass.

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Parents
TARBELL Munroe Gifford (6 May 1893 - 1934)
PRESCOTT Eugenia Denison (22 Jun 1892 - 1964)

Children by TARBELL Harriet Elizabeth 13 Oct 1920 - 11 Dec 1980
BROWN Thomas James ()
BROWN Marilyn E. ()

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