Fredrick Patrick Brown, 71, of Lincoln City, Ore., died of cancer on July 23, 2009 in Lincoln City.

He was born Dec. 26, 1937 to Wesley and Zelpha Weaver Brown in Silverton.

He attended Cascade Union High School, where he was an outstanding student and a member of the National Honor Society. For his achievements in chemistry, he received an award from the American Chemical Society. He was team captain of the Cascade Cougars baseball team, who went on to win the Capitol Loop League Baseball Championship. During high school, he was known as “The Debater,” and went on to earn Valedictorian honors at graduation.

He went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force for four years as an airman second class. During his military time, he received the Good Conduct Medal.

During his lifetime, he worked as a welder of rare metals. He was also an expert gardener.

He was married to Linda Brown for 12 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Wesley and Zelpha Brown.

He is survived by his daughter, Heather Brown, of Auburn, Wash.; brothers, Larry Brown, Louis Brown, Gene Brown, and Justin Brown; sisters, Marilyn Nelson, Julie Brown and Jeanette Rumnsey; and grandchildren, Daniel and Ashley.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy 101.

Pacific View Memorial Chapel in Lincoln City is handling arrangements.



Jack Castle Jr.

Jack Castle Jr., 82, of Lincoln City, Ore., died July 23, 2009 in Lincoln City.

He was born June 10, 1927 to John and Maude Castle in Verona, Mich. He was one of seven children and was raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In 1945, he graduated from Wakefield High School.

He then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp, which evolved into the U.S. Air Force. His military career brought him to Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington. It was there he met and later married Joan Kiefer of Spokane, Wash. The couple had seven children and moved several times as his career advanced. He was temporarily assigned to serve in England, Panama and Texas. The family lived in Montana, Alaska and Nevada before coming back to Fairchild Air Force Base.

After 28 years in the military, he retired as a U.S. Air Force master sergeant in Medical Lake, Wash. He then took classes at Eastern Washington College in pursuit of a degree in archeology. During his time in college, he spent a summer on an archeological dig in Neah Bay, Wash.

He then took a job at the package store at Fairchild before buying a small farm in Washington, where he raised pheasants. In the early 1990s, he moved to Potlatch, Idaho to be near his daughter and her family.

He had many interests, jobs and hobbies. When he resided in Nevada, he worked as a bartender at some of the big casinos in Reno, such as Harrah’s Club and Harold’s Club. In the winter of 1964, he worked driving a snow-cat at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif.

As an active member of the Rod and Gun Club, he shot both trap and skeet. He took classes in lapidary and made jewelry from the rocks he collected. He loved bowling and was often the president of his league.

Throughout his life, he loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He shared his love of the outdoors with his family, taking them on many camping trips and cross-country adventures.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Barbara Dawidjan; brother, Francis Castle; and sisters, Rose Hawkins and Patricia Danz.

He is survived by his daughters, Jacalyn Heimgartner, Nancy Castle of Fairbanks, Alaska; sons, David Castle, James Castle and Andrew Castle, all of Spokane, Wash. and Thomas Castle of Farmington, Utah; brother, Patrick Castle of Milwaukee; two sisters, Jeanne Evanstad of Ironwood, Mich. and Marie Johann of San Diego; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

A service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 810 S. Sullivan Road, Spokane Valley, Wash.

Pacific View Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.



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