Paul Brown

Paul Douglas Brown Junior passed away on December 16, 2020, age 92, at the Good Samaritan Home in Atwood, KS where he spent his final years overlooking Lake Atwood and the golf course. Whether enjoying a game of golf, hustling a game of pool at the clubhouse or enjoying an afternoon cocktail and Dutch Masters cigar, the golf course is somewhere he truly found peace.

Paul had a passion for farming and made it his life’s work. He passed on his love of farming and gardening to his children. Long after his retirement from farming, Paul could be seen cruising the country roads, checking out the wheat, milo and corn.

Paul was a caring son, husband, father, grandfather and friend to many. He cherished gathering with family and taking the grandkids hunting and fishing. He was often enlisted to play Santa, and had the figure to play it well. Paul had a tough exterior but once he let you in, he was a warm and gentle man. He had a firm hand but gave the best hugs. Only a man like Paul could make the term “half pint” sound endearing - and we are all honored to be his “half pints”.

Paul was born and raised in Atwood, where he married the love of his life, Shirley Edwards, and raised their three children: Dana, Gerald (Jerry) and Doug, all of whom preceded him in death, along with his parents, Paul and Florence (Flossie) Sawer Brown and his siblings Edith, Robert and Rhea. Paul is survived by his grandchildren: Montica O’Barr, Craig Minkner, Russell Minkner, Thomas Brown, Lisa Brown, Jessica Capes, Austin Germer, Michelle Carnes, April Green, Tiffanie Craig, Kali Woofter and Kelsey Miller; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. May his smile, strength and integrity carry on in all those he touched.

No Services are scheduled at this time. Paul will be inurned in Fairview Cemetery, Atwood.