Major Edward Browne

Obituary of Major Edward Browne Major Edward J. Browne, Ret., died on February 15,2013, at Arbor Village, in Wildwood, Florida. Edward Browne had been a resident of The Villages prior to becoming a patient at the Arbor Village care facility. Edward J. Browne was born to Edward Francis Brown and Pauline Anastacia Scherer Brown at South Point, Ohio, on November 13, 1924. He attended school at Green Township, Franklin Furnace, Ohio, until leaving school at the age of sixteen to join the U.S. Army in January of 1941. Edward was stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, with the 24th Infantry Division, Co. D, on the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Edward served in the South Pacific during World War II participating in battles at Kwajalein and the Leyte invasion in the Phillipines when General MacArthur returned. He later served with General MacArtur's Honor Guard during the occupation of Japan. During the Korean War, Edward was sent to Korea with the lst Cavalry Division where he was wounded twice. He received a direct commission as Lt. when serving in the Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Ga. Edward also served in Alaska, and many assignments in the States eventually ending his career in the Chemical Corp and served in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Edward retired from the military in July 1969. Edward was preceded in death by his wife Phyllis Kirshbaum whom he married in 1946, while stationed in Japan. Edward later married Clara Simmons in Lady Lake, FL, and she died November 5, 2010. In addition to his parents, Edward was preceded in death by sister Mary Brown Fender of Wyoming, sister Rosemary Brown Stacey of California, brother Charles Robert Brown of Beaver Falls, PA. Edward is survived by brothers Howard J. (Hazel) Brown of Franklin Fce, Ohio, brother Harold R.(Carolyn) Brown of Frisco, TX, sister Elizabeth Brown Fisher (Robert) of Navarre, Ohio, and sister Lois Brown Herbst of Shoshoni, Wyoming. Edward is also survived by many neices and nephews. Major Browne has been cremated and a graveside service with full military honors is planned in April at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell Florida.

Major Edward Browne

November 13, 1924 - February 15, 2013