William Brown

William E. Brown, Ph.D. "Bill", passed away June 23, 2022 at Danbury Senior Living. My dad attended Dunkirk High School, Ball State University and Indiana University and graduated with a Doctorate in psychology. He maintained 2 careers, a private practice psychologist in Tipp City and Full Professor of education at Wright State University. He dedicated his life to teaching and helping others. The night before he died I ran into a Miami County attorney at the gas station who said "His discernment about people and human nature was impeccable…He told it like it was no matter who was writing the check-and that's exactly what I needed to decide how best to help my clients'. He was a cross country runner and band member in high school and college. He was also Ball State University Drum Major who I was told stole the show, was an excellent horse race handicapper, stock market enthusiast, and an avid adopter of emerging rock and rock and according to my cousin, Bryan Brown of Oregon wrote his own "killer county and western lyrics". He was an animal lover, a mechanical klutz, was generous to anyone, and did not care for organized religion.

Even though he was constantly on the move with the new projects and career responsibilities, he found time to throw a baseball, dribble a basketball, hike in the woods, and coached my baseball team.

He also played in men tennis doubles leagues with me and got me started snow skiing at age 5. He also helped with homework from time to time. He was disabled and his careers ended at age 61 after suffering 2 brain bleeding ischemic strokes in 2001 in California which left him blind, paralyzed and unable to speak for almost a year afterward. He then spent 21 years in different levels of care, and was a model of rehabilitation between years of 8 and 15 of this time, making friends, taking adult classes at U.D., betting stocks and horses, swimming, jogging, walking his dog, Willie the Hoosier. He was a resident of Waterford Dayton Mall, Wellington Alex Bell and Danbury Tipp/Huber. I was surprised to see how many people he touched throughout his life and many remained, too many to list...throughout his difficulties. In the last 9 months, I watched and accompanied him through a final seizure, then stroke, diabetes, onset dementia, then colon cancer, then heart failure. He was truly inspirational an excellent father and friend. He never gave up. He wasn't fazed by the word no. He touched others to the very end. He will be missed. His parents were H. Paul Brown & Vera Grace Brown of Portland, Indiana. He had two brothers and their families Bob & Sheila Brown, children Bobby, Debbie & Jule of Dunkirk, Indiana, and Jack & Marjorie Brown of Franklin, Indiana, children Bryan Bruce Susan & Cindy Brown. Special thank you to his friends, Ty, Andy, Lee, Susan, Shirley, Vicki, and Jim for their unending support.