He attended Marble Falls High School and joined the Austin Fire Department in 1968. He worked his way through the department, eventually becoming a Division Chief of the 911 Communications, Operations and Training Division before retiring in 1999 with 31 years of service.
Don enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, and everything outdoors. He relished in teaching his daughter things like water skiing and coaching his sons in baseball. The life lessons and knowledge that he passed on to his children and grandchildren has immortalized him as the patriarch of the family.
He is preceded by Marvin and Nina Brown of Burnet County, Texas who raised him and his brother Larry Joe. Don is survived by his wife Cynthia, his daughter Shannon, his sons and their wives Josh and Bonnie Brown, and Radcliffe and Meredith Brown as well as 5 grandchildren Caleb, Leah, Katie, Hannah, and Cade.
Services will be graveside only at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Marble Falls at 1100 on Thursday, January 7. Arrangements are provided through Clements-Wilcox of Burnet.
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