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Obituaries

Dwight K. Brown, 79

Feb. 22, 2012

Dwight K. Brown, 79, of Engle­wood, passed away Wednes­day, Feb. 22, 2012, at Engle­wood Health & Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Center.

Born on April 24, 1932, in Plain­field, N.J., he served in the U.S. Army Air Corp dur­ing World War II. Mr. Brown was a United Air­lines pilot for 32 years and retired in 1992. He moved to Sara­sota County eight years ago from Broom­field, Colo. He was a mem­ber of Com­mu­nity Pres­by­ter­ian Church.

Sur­vivors include his wife of eight years, Car­olyn M. Brown; two daugh­ters, Kath­leen L. Kriko­rian and Kris­tine A. Mock; three sons, Kevin, Keary and Keith; two step­daugh­ters, Susan Balodis and Lynn Laubach; a step­son, Fred­er­ick Laubach IV; two sis­ters, Marthe Hoff­man and Gwen Cur­ley; and 10 grandchildren.

A fam­ily ser­vice will be held at a later date in Estes Park, Colo.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to the National Parkinson’s Foun­da­tion, Inc., 1501 NW 9th Ave., Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136–1494 in mem­ory of Dwight Brown.

Engle­wood Com­mu­nity Funeral Home with Pri­vate Cre­ma­tory has been selected to han­dle arrange­ments for cre­ma­tion. You may share a mem­ory with the fam­ily at http://www.englewoodfh.com