Raymond J. Brown

      Alma—Raymond Joseph Brown, 68, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

     He was born June 22, 1954, at Wiesbaden, Germany, the son of Berlin and Maxine (Morel) Brown.  Raymond was raised in Texas and graduated from North Side High in Lubbock, TX.  He served in the United States Airforce.

     Raymond and his family had lived in many places in Kansas and last moved to Alma.  He was an aircraft mechanic.  Raymond attended the Traditional Latin mass.

        He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant daughter Victoria three brothers, David, Mike, and James Brown.

      Raymond and Belinda Johnson were united in marriage on June 12, 1976.  She survives.

     Other survivors include his children and grandchildren, Raymond “Matthew” (Staci) Brown and their children, B.J. & Isabel Brown, Derby, Mark Brown, and his children, Lauren & Madison, Junction City, Melissa Brown, Junction City, Mindy Brown and her children, Justin and Oliver, Wamego, Maggie Brown, and her daughter Claire, Wamego, Emily (Mike) Cantelmi, their children, Leon, Lucia, and Silvana  , Hopatcong, NJ., Kathleen (Ben) Walker, their children, Alexandria & Thomas, Beloit, WI., Angela Brown, Alma.  Elizabeth Brown, Manhattan, Rebecca Brown, Alma, Anna Marie Brown, Alma, and his sister, Becky Cordell, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

     A Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 A.M. Friday, August 19, 2022, at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Interment will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, St. Marys.  A rosary will be recited at 10:00 A.M. Friday before the Funeral Mass at the funeral home.