Harold G. Brown, a retired New York stockbroker, died Aug. 14 in the Princeton Medical Center after a long illness. He was 79 years old.
Mr. Brown retired three years ago from Baker Weeks & Co, One Battery Park Plaza, New York, N.Y., with whom he had been associated for more than 35 years.
Born in Elizabeth, Mr. Brown attended the Pingry School, Mercersburg Academy and was graduated from Princeton University in 1916. At Princeton he was on the varsity football team. In World War I he served in France as a lieutenant in the 315th Field Artillery, 80th Infantry Division.
For many years Mr. Brown lived in Westfield and later near Lambertville.
He was a member of the Princeton Club of New York, the Tiger Inn Club and the Nassau Club of Princeton.
His wife, the former Martha Frances Henderson, died in 1971.
Mr. Brown is survived by a brother, Edward W. Brown of Baltimore; a sister, Mrs. Charles R. Simpson of Elizabeth; three sons, Harold G. Brown Jr. of Wilmington, Del., Walter H. Brown of Madison, and Charles A. Brown, of Villanova, Pa., and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, and burial was at the Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Annual Giving Fund of Princeton University.
Obituary can be found in Westfield Leader, August 29, 1974, page 4
Harold G. Brown, a retired New York stockbroker, died Aug. 14 in the Princeton Medical Center after a long illness. He was 79 years old.
Mr. Brown retired three years ago from Baker Weeks & Co, One Battery Park Plaza, New York, N.Y., with whom he had been associated for more than 35 years.
Born in Elizabeth, Mr. Brown attended the Pingry School, Mercersburg Academy and was graduated from Princeton University in 1916. At Princeton he was on the varsity football team. In World War I he served in France as a lieutenant in the 315th Field Artillery, 80th Infantry Division.
For many years Mr. Brown lived in Westfield and later near Lambertville.
He was a member of the Princeton Club of New York, the Tiger Inn Club and the Nassau Club of Princeton.
His wife, the former Martha Frances Henderson, died in 1971.
Mr. Brown is survived by a brother, Edward W. Brown of Baltimore; a sister, Mrs. Charles R. Simpson of Elizabeth; three sons, Harold G. Brown Jr. of Wilmington, Del., Walter H. Brown of Madison, and Charles A. Brown, of Villanova, Pa., and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 16, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, and burial was at the Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Annual Giving Fund of Princeton University.
Obituary can be found in Westfield Leader, August 29, 1974, page 4
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