Arrangements announced for Bill Brown
December 1, 2014,by Chris Tully, president, USHWA
Harrisburg, PA — The members of the United States Harness Writers Association mourn the loss of our longtime secretary, William F. Brown of Batavia, N.Y.
A member of the Communicators Hall of Fame, he died Nov. 29, 2014.
Visitation is being held on Wednesday (Dec. 3) from 3-7 p.m. at the H.E. Turner & Co. Funeral Home, 403 East Main St., Batavia. His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday (Dec. 4) at 9:30 a.m. at Resurrection Parish, St. Joseph Church, 303 East Main St., Batavia. Interment will follow at the St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
The Knights of Columbus will hold a prayer service on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Notre Dame High School, 73 Union St., or the Jerome Foundation, 16 Bank St., both Batavia, NY 14020.
A full obituary and additional information is available at this link.
- Communicators Hall of Famer Bill Brown, 91, dies (Sunday, November 30, 2014)
William F. (Bill) Brown Jr., 91, a member of the Communicators Hall of Fame and a Director of the United States Harness Writers Association for more than a half-century, died Nov. 29, 2014, at Rochester General Hospital, near his hometown of Batavia, N.Y.