Robert Day Browner

Our beloved Robert Day Browner passed away peacefully at the age of

77. He is survived by his family.

He was born in southern Oregon in 1947. In elementary school, Robert

met the love of his life, Jody. They bonded over their love of horses and

their love of each other.

Robert’s life was anything but ordinary. During his high school years, he

played football and worked at various jobs to earn money. After

graduation, Robert and Jody were married, and he joined the Air Force.

While in the Air Force, Robert served a year in Vietnam as a munitions

specialist/military policeman. Upon returning from Vietnam, Robert

continued serving in the Air Force and moved with Jody to southern

California where they were blessed with their first son, David Browner.

Then, following being honorably discharged from the military in 1971,

Robert and Jody returned to Southern Oregon where he became a

Sheriff’s Deputy with Josephine County. While serving the county,

Robert and Jody were blessed with the birth of their second son, Thomas

Browner. Robert was very active in the community, helping with local

fairs and events. In 1979, Robert and his family moved to the southern

coast of Oregon where he ran a restaurant and lounge on the harbor in

Brookings. Shortly afterwards, Robert and Jody moved their family

northwards to Alaska where he began work as a security officer on the

Alaskan pipeline where he served fourteen and a half years.

Then in 1994, Robert accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and

made the decision to take a different path with his life. He and Jody left

their jobs and moved to Glennallen to attend Alaska Bible College to get

his bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Studies. There at the college, Robert

made many friends. He and Jody became missionaries to the college for

three and a half years. Robert served as a relief pastor for the various

churches in the surrounding areas during this time. In March 2003,

Robert and Jody moved to Gulkana where they served at Gulkana

Chapel for ten and a half years helping the community. They were

greatly impacted by the people they met and shared life within the

community.

In 2013, Robert and Jody came out of Alaska to be closer to family in the

lower 48 states. Robert continued his ministry serving as Pastor and

leading Sunday services and Bible studies in the community where they

lived.

He leaves behind his wife of 58 years Jody Browner, his sons David

Browner (wife Holly Browner) and Thomas Browner, his grandsons

Nathaniel, Benjamin, Joshua and Gabriel, and his granddaughter

Marifrancis Browner. He is survived by his sister Vickie Yeager (Boyd

Yeager). He was preceded in death by his father Homer Browner and his

mother Cleo Browner.

The family asks that donations to Agave Hospice and Palliative Care [email protected] made instead of flowers or other gifts.

A committal service will be held at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, located at 2929 E Pinnacle Peak Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85024, United States. The service is scheduled for September 3, 2025, from 10:00 am to 10:30 am.