Dear Kathy, George & Doug,
My condolences to the family on the recent passing of your Mother as well as your Father many years prior. You may recall I was your Dad's secretary back in the good old days at Public Service Elec & Gas.  He was always Mr. Brown to me as you would never call your boss by his first name back then. I have the fondest memories of your parents. They were the nicest people. My condolences to you all.
Mary Byrnes Waid
Edison, NJ

I was a little kid waiting at home for my sister to return from the war.  I knew that she was doing a lot of good and remembered me because I got letters from some of the soldiers who were her patients.  One was from a musician.  He sent me a drawing that he made showing the layout of a symphony orchestra.  Another was an artist who sent me drawings he made of Disney characters. Another sent me an actual captured German helmet.

Last Memorial Day, Joan and I stopped by and she told us of some of her war memories.  She told of how she grieved for the young men who were away from home for the first time and lost an eye or two (the specialty of her unit). She told how she gave her monthly issued bottle of wine to her patients so that they could have a little party when they were feeling down.  She told how the field hospital administrator, a noted NYC plastic surgeon, would perform operations on the troops after  midnight, with her help, which was strictly against the rules.

But that was Pearl:  always caring, always loving.  I am so proud of her.

Remembering happy times.  Thanksgiving at the farm, camping trips, days at the beach, cats, and music in the living room (Herman's Hermits, Beatles White Album, King Crimson).

Robert Toale and Sons Funeral Home at Manasota Memorial Park

Pearl Brown

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Pearl G. Brown

15 avril 1921 – 10 octobre 2013

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