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Brett Brown
BRETT BROWN
Anamosa
Brett Brown, 44, died Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, at First Baptist Church, Anamosa, with interment in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. The Rev. Ron Thatcher will officiate at the services.
Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established for the children.
Surviving are his wife, Heather; three children, Claire, Levi and Caleb, all of Anamosa; his brother, Monte (Rosanne) Brown, Olin; and his father-in-law, George Marshall, Anamosa.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Claudette; and his mother-in-law, Dorothy Marshall.
Brett Douglas Brown was born Sept. 17, 1969, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Linn Mar High School with the class of 1988. He attended Coe College for a year before entering the electrical apprenticeship program with Local 405. He was placed with Acme Electric during the program and continued with them after he was certified. He has been with Local 405 since 1991. He was united in marriage to Heather Marshall on May 16, 1998, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids.
Brett was a member of the Anamosa Bow Hunters and loved doing things outside with his family. He loved fishing, hunting and morel mushrooms. His wife and children were his life.
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