Born: December 9, 1946 in Erie, PA
Died: January 3, 2026 in Corona CA
Father: Forest Henry Brown, Erie, PA WWII Army Veteran & Purple Heart recipient
Mother: Gloria Swanson Jennings, Erie, PA, WWII Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp
Survived by:
Wife: Penelope Jane Brown, DNH, RN, ne’ Zike, born July 6, 1956 Pico Rivera, CA
Married: August 1983, Westminster, CA
Father and Mother-in-Law, William DeEtt Zike, USAF Korea and Lauraine C. Zike
Sister Roxanna and husband Gerald Otteson, fellow Army Veteran
Nephew: WOIII Timothy Otteson, US Army retired and wife Charlene
Grand Neice: Abbygayle and husband Geremy Dyke, Texas National Guard
And great grandnephew Phillip
Grand Neice: Hayley Otteson and Nathan Fox, US Air Force Reserve
Neice: Jennifer Otteson-Bales, RN, her husband Ryan and daughter Peyton, grandniece
Brother-in-Law Christopher William Zike and wife Donna
Their children Michael, Daniel and Lauren and their families.
Stepsiblings Gary and Marcey Volquartson, Barbara and Dave Berg, Karla and Tim Nieser
Viet Nam Veteran - ARMY RA 29 NOV 65 – 09 FEB 68 - - RESCUE & RECOVERY SPECIALIST
National Defense Service Medal; Expert Marksmen
Inventory Management & Production Control Manager, Smith Tool, Inc, Irvine CA
Maintenance and Operations, Tustin unified School District, Tustin, CA
Retired 2008
Happy House Hubby, keen gardener, lover of books, music, kitty cats and the natural world.
Swimmer, cyclist, hiker, camper, Kite flyer, and sometimes cook who treasured his friends and family.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of James Henry Brown, please visit our flower store.Corona Chapel
Thomas Miller Mortuary & Crematory
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