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BROWN - Donald Neil (Don) Born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919 and immigrated to Winnipeg, Canada at the age of 3 years with his mother, father and siblings. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Don is survived by his loving wife Helen (Birch), five children, Donna (Ken - deceased), Don, Gina (Johnny), Patricia (Terry), Christopher (Daphne) and predeceased by daughter Susan. Seven grandchildren; Natalie, Colin, Kathy, Jillian, Robert, Jala, and Willie as well as ten great-grandchildren and many relatives across Canada and in England. He lived in the city of Winnipeg until the 2nd World War began, left high school and joined the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers. He married Helen Birch in 1939 just prior to going overseas and returned five years later. He went back to school and university and left Winnipeg in 1947 to begin a new life on the west coast. He joined the B.C. Provincial Police in 1947 which was absorbed by the R.C.M.Police in 1950. He served in Burnaby, Ottawa, Edmonton, and Vancouver. He retired with the rank of Superintendent after serving 26 years with the R.C.M.Police with 22 of those years in the forensic laboratories. During his retirement years he carried on as a private document examiner with much of his work being on a "no-fee" basis. He always said that this country gave him his education and expertise, and he wanted to give something back to his country and its citizens. He demonstrated this by serving on the Burnaby School Board for 2 years, the Burnaby Council for 6 years, the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission for 10 years, President of the College for the Retired for 9 years and was Chairman of the Burnaby Centennial Committee. His contributions, along with Helen's, were in fact so great that they were the recipients of Burnaby's Citizen of the Year Award in 1992 and Don was honored as a Freeman of Burnaby on March 22, 1993. Many thanks to the staff at the Fraser Health Authority Home Care Services for the excellent care Don received, and all of the staff at the Burnaby General Hospital as well. In lieu of flowers, Don had requested that people perhaps would care to make donations to any of the following: Pacific Open Heart Association, P.O, Box 3979, Station Te, Burnaby, B.C. V6B 3Z4; South Burnaby Metro Club, P.O. Box 72022, 4429 Kingsway. Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4P9; Burnaby Historical Society, C/O 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3T6; Community College for the Retired, 6650 South Oaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7. Celebration of Life to be held at The Bill Copeland Sports Centre, Upper Lobby - 3676 Kensington Ave., Burnaby - Friday, June 5th at 11:00.
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