Lynn P. Brown

Lynn P. Brown, age 76 of Columbia City, IN passed away at 11:00 am on Friday December 23, 2016 at his residence. Born on August 8, 1940 in Butler, IN he was the son of Albert and Audrey (Johnson) Brown.

Lynn attended Dekalb County schools and graduated from Butler High School with the Class of 1959. On December 3, 1966 Lynn married Karen Myers in Fort Wayne.

Lynn has been a Whitley County resident since 1975, when he moved from Fort Wayne. He worked for General Electric, Fort Wayne for 30 years. Lynn was also a member of the Masonic Lodge in Butler.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years Karen Brown of Columbia City; sons Doug (Larisa) Brown, Chad (Nicole) Brown, and Jason (Allison) Brown, all of Columbia City; 8 grandsons, Chandler, Seth, Klayton, Kylar, Alex, Luke, Troy and Kameron; sisters Kay Lemmon of Camden , MI, Bonnie Harbaugh of Fremont, Julia (Carl) Wynkoop of Grant, MI, Ella (JR) Cliffton of Hicksville, OH, and Dozzy Coburn of Butler.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, William Brown and sisters Sue Kring, Dizzy Landis, and Joy Kirkpatrick.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 3-7:00 with a Celebration of Life following at 7pm Tuesday at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, Columbia City, with Military Rites conducted by the Whitley County Korean War Veterans. Memorial contributions in memory of Lynn may be made to Visiting Nurse Hospice. Please log onto www.demoneygrimes.com to send a condolence or to sign the online guest register.