John Brown

Profile Updated: August 7, 2024
John Brown
Residing In Montrose, CO USA
Spouse/Partner Judy
Occupation Electronics Technician- Retired
Children I have none but I married a lady with three daughters, who had 8 children (grandchildren), who collectively More…had 14 children (great grandchildren) the oldest is 19 (kinda makes us all feel older) and the youngest will be born around the middle of August 2024.
Military Service USN  
Yes! Attending Reunion
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Joined the Navy in July 1966 and stayed in for 7 years. Joined Federal Service in August 1973 and retired in May 2007. Hired on to State of Colorado in May 2007 and retired in August 2017. I was an electronics technician for 51 years. My interest in electronics started in my sophomore year in Terry Johnson’s electronics class. I was in his class for all three years! When I joined the Navy they sent me to electronics school. The first two weeks of the training exceeded Mr Johnson’s classes! I volunteered at a food distribution center for the homeless and needy and retired in 2023.

I made a trip to Washington in May of 2021 with hopes of visiting family and friends. Unfortunately my brother (Lynnwood High School, 1962) Bill Brown, had passed in November 2020 and my older sister Sharon (Brown) Waggoner (Meadowdale High School 1965) passed in April 2021. I have two youngersisters Patti Brown (MHS 1978?) and Jenifer Brown (MHS 1980?). Patti is homeless and living in the southeast somewhere and Jenifer is in real-estate sales in Snowhomish. I am living in western Colorado in Montrose. I’ve been here for over 17 years, the longest i have ever lived in one community. When I was up in the Meadowdale area itook my wifeby all the good places like Mukleteo where wewatched the submarine races in Puget Sound, took her on her first ferry ride to Whidbey Island and visited classmate Tim Alden down near Tacoma. I also visited the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kent where my father, mother and brother are interred. We also visited what is left of Haines Warf, the Meadowdale country club and where the coast guard station used to be as well as my childhood home at 6610 164th sw. I don’t know when I will get back up to Meadowdale but I will remain a MHS Chief. GO CHIEFS!

School Story

I wasn't much of a sportsman but I learned to serve as I was the wrestling and track managers (student assistant). I had Mr King for history and found it boring as well as repetitive remembering dates however I actually seek out history where I have lived as an adult over the years including history soaked New England states. I was never a star student in Hershburgers english class. I must have learned something as I wrote complete training classes on satelite systems for the Air Force. My math came in real handy through out my career in electronics. Many times I would ask myself how did I know that them realized I had learned it at MHS.

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Hello Rick. I see that you live in Highland Ranch near Denver. I live on the Western side in Montrose. I have been in Colorado for about 15 years now. I work for a homeless center and we deal with the Food Bank of the Rockies. If you ever get a chance to come to the West give me a shout and we could have coffee.

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Good morning Chiefs. It is with great sadness that I write this today, on Monday last, April 12th, Sharon (Sheri) (Brown) Waggoner passed. She was living in Granite Falls. Before you go looking through our year book, she was a ‘65 MHS graduate! One of the privileged few to be a member of the first MHS graduating class. My older brother William (Bill) Brown graduated from LHS in ‘62. He also passed unexpectedly in late November last year, 2020. His family lives just outside of Coure D Lene. I will be traveling to Snohomish in late May to visit the remaining of my siblings. I haven’t been in the area since ‘92. I imagine that I will see great changes!

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