From a contemporary press report:
Funeral services for Colonel Kenneth E. “Rocky” Brown, 83, of Vacaville, California, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Valley Evangelical Free Church. Pastor Dave Sotelo will preside. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Colonel Brown died Oct. 27, 1998, in Vacaville after a lengthy illness.
Born Jan. 23, 1915, in Claredon, Texas, he lived in Vacaville for nine years. After serving in the United States Air Force for 24 years, he worked as a Test Pilot for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in San Jose and spent 20 years working with youth as a part of the Police Athletic League of San Jose.
Colonel Brown enjoyed golfing and gardening.
Colonel Brown is survived by his wife, Mary “ET” of Vacaville; son, Michael of Sacramento; daughters, Barbara Valver of Paris, France, Vickie Schuck of Potomac, Maryland, Tanya Pedigo of Alabama and Tami Begasse of Los Gatos; eight grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Valley Evangelical Free Church building fund, 5063 Maple Rd., Vacaville 95687.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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