Son of George and Nell (Kaster) Brown. On Nov 23, 1946, he married Evelyn O'Connor at Webster City. The couple farmed in the Webster City area and for 4 years in the Boone area. In 1956, they returned to farm west of Webster City. They later retired and moved in town
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; daughters, Marilyn Hamman and Kathy Clemons, both of Des Moines; four granddaughters and one great-grandson; one brother, George Brown, Stanhope; four sisters, Lois Zimmerman, Des Moines, Mildred Van Sickle, Jewell, Nellie Bryan, Webster City, and Audrey Brown, Webster City.