Samuel C. Brown, 71, of Pine Bluffs, died Sunday, November 16, 2014 at the VA Medical Center in Cheyenne.
Sam was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 28, 1943. He was raised in Cheyenne by adoptive parents, the late Theodore and Irene Brown.
He served in the US Army for 4 ½ years. He was stationed in Korea before the Vietnam War. He returned back home to Cheyenne and remained here. He worked for Knife River Construction Company as a truck driver for many years until his health would not permit him to work. Sam was a throat cancer survivor in 2009.
He leaves to mourn, a daughter, Elycia Brown; sister and brother-in-law, Carol J. and Edgar Norman; A devoted caregiver, Lynnell Leal; two grandsons, Malaki and Nehemiah Brown; several nieces and nephews; and devoted friends, Jimmy Guzman, Bernice Penaflor, Les Wineberger and Howard Westbrook.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Samantha Brown; a sister, Dorothy Holman and a brother, Roy Gadlin.
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Sam will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.