Robert Brown
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Funeral Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the Trenton Church Of The Nazarene. Burial will follow at the Campground Cemetery in Osgood, Missouri.
A scheduled visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at Resthaven Mortuary in Trenton. Open visitation will begin Tuesday morning at Resthaven.
Robert was born on April 26, 1928 in Osgood, the son of Warner S. and Corda Johnson Brown. He graduated from Galt High School and served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952.
He was united in marriage to Carolyn Williams on May 14, 1953. They had one son, Greg Brown. In 1954, Robert and Carolyn moved to Kansas City where Robert worked for Safeway. In 1961, they moved back to Trenton where he was in the meat and grocery business. In 1970, he went into the real estate business until 1988 when Robert and Carolyn bought the Arthur Hyde Home in Trenton and turned it into a bed and breakfast, which they operated for 25 years.
Robert had a heart of gold and was always there to help someone. He loved and tried to live his life as God would want. He will be missed each moment of the day.
Robert is survived by his wife, Carolyn Brown of Trenton; a son, Greg Brown and wife Shvonna of Milan; a granddaughter, Melissa Hollingsworth and her husband Chance of St. Joseph; three great-grandsons, Colton, Caysen and Connor Hollingsworth; two brothers, Roger Brown and his wife, Wilma of Lee’s Summit and Pat Brown and his wife, Libby of Holt; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Carrol Mac Brown and a sister, Sara June Brown Johnson.
Memorials and contributions are suggested to Trenton Church of the Nazarene or Campground Cemetery
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