William Ernest Brown
Published in The Washington Post on June 12, 2011

WILLIAM ERNEST "ERNIE" BROWN  

    Of Deale, MD, formerly of Beltsville, MD on June 8, 2011. Beloved husband
of Patricia D. (Myers) Brown; devoted father of Cathie L. Behneman, Terry D.
McCormick (Daniel) and Kenneth A. Brown (Cynthia); loving grandfather of M.
Ryan, Dana C. and Cara N. Behneman, Colleen E. Gibson, Megan D. Raymond,
Shawn M. McCormick, and Emily G., Sarah R. and Andrew J. Brown;
great-grandfather of Alexandria B. Raymond and Allison M. Gibson; brother of Ida
Mae Chewning and Andrew J. Brown, Jr.

    Friends may call on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Rausch Funeral
Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD. Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 16 at First Lutheran Church of Calvert County,
Huntingtown, MD. Interment will be private.

    Contributions in Ernie's name may be made to the Maryland/South Delaware
Optimist's Childhood Cancer Campaign at: MDSD/CCC, P.O. Box 2422, Prince
Frederick, MD 20678.
For service information visit
www.RauschFuneralHomes.com  


Visitation
June 15, 2011
2:00-4:00 & 7:00-9:00 P.M.

Funeral Service
June 16, 2011
11:00 A.M.

Interment
Location: Private

     William Ernest “Ernie” Brown, 83, of
Deale, MD, formerly of Beltsville and College
Park, MD, passed away June 8, 2011 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in
Annapolis, MD. Ernie was born May 14, 1928 in Washington, D.C. to Andrew
Jackson and Ethel Mae (Perry) Brown. He was raised in Southeast Washington
and graduated from Anacostia High School in 1946. He entered the US Army in
1946 and served on active duty until 1948. He remained in the US Army Reserves,
and was called to a second tour of duty from 1950 until 1951.

     He married Patricia Dawn Myers on November 3, 1950, and they lived in
Southeast Washington, D.C. Ernie attended Strayer Business College in the District
and received degrees in business and accounting. He was employed as an
accountant with numerous automobile dealerships in the Washington area. He also
began a career in the 1940’s as a Union Mailer with the former Washington
Evening Star newspaper where he worked until the demise of that paper. He then
worked as a Mailer with the Washington Post from 1981 until retiring from the
newspaper business in 1995. He was a member of the Union Mailer’s Local 29, an
active member of the Optimist Club of Calvert County where he held numerous
offices including twice holding the position of Maryland/South Delaware Governor.

     Ernie was also a former member of the Greenbelt American Legion and a
current member of the Huntingtown American Legion Post 85, and the Deale Elks
Lodge 2528.

     In his leisure time Ernie enjoyed crabbing, sports, travel, camping, and
spending time with family, especially his grandchildren. He also held a lifelong
interest in Drum Corps International.

     Ernie is survived by his wife Patricia D. “Pat” Brown of Deale; daughters
Cathie L. Behneman of Wildwood, NJ and Terry D. McCormick and husband
Daniel of Riley, Kansas; a son Kenneth A. Brown and wife Cynthia of Fairhaven,
MD; grandchildren M. Ryan, Dana C. and Cara N. Behneman, Colleen E. Gibson,
Megan D. Raymond, Shawn M. McCormick, and Emily G., Sarah R. and Andrew
J. Brown; great-granddaughters Alexandria B. Raymond and Allison M. Gibson; a
sister Ida Mae Chewning of Palmetta, FL and brother Andrew J. Brown, Jr. of
Palos Verdes, CA..

     Friends and family will be received Wednesday June 15 from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at
Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD. Funeral
services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday June 16 at First Lutheran Church of
Calvert County, Huntingtown, MD. Interment will be private.

Memorial Contributions
Contributions in Ernie’s name may be made to the Maryland/South Delaware
Optimist’s Childhood Cancer Campaign at: MDSD/CCC, P.O. Box 2422, Prince
Frederick, MD 20678.