Roy Wallace Brown

AUSTINTOWN - Roy Wallace Brown, 84, passed away peacefully at the Hospice House, Saturday, August 10th, 2024.

The youngest of five children, Roy was born May 20th 1940, in Youngstown, to the late Milo Burrows Brown and Ruth O’Neil Brown. He was raised by his mother and grandmother, Margaret Walkingshaw Nelson O’Neil. He attended school in Austintown and North Lima before graduating from East High in 1958.

 Roy met his wife, Judy Harsney Brown while working at the Austintown A&P. They were married Oct. 8th, 1960 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. They would have celebrated 64 years of marriage this fall. 

 Roy loved going on trips and camping with his family. He was active with his children in Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Together with his family, he drove through more than 40 states as well as visiting Canada and Guatemala.

 After 30 years working for GM, Roy served as the Recording Secretary of UAW 1112. After retirement, Roy stayed active, owning his own businesses, including Parker’s Frozen Custard, and starting a consulting firm which serviced plants across the Northeast US, Canada and Germany.

 Roy found great solace in his faith. He was a member at Tabernacle Evangelical Presbyterian Church for over 50 years, where he served on the board of elders and enjoyed his Tuesday morning Men’s Prayer Group.

 Roy kept up a busy social schedule including the Sunday School bowling league, hunting and fishing at the New Middletown Hunt Club, coaching and managing teams for Austintown Slow Pitch Softball leagues, playing the baritone in the Canfield Community Band and helping to run the Tabernacle golf league.

 He is survived by his wife, Judy, 82, two children, Cindy (Gary) Koerth of Youngstown and Richard (Gwen) Brown of Hubbard, three grandchildren, Michael (Hope) Koerth of Newbury, Melinda Koerth of Broadview Heights and Rebecca Brown of Hubbard, as well as two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

 Besides his parents, Roy was preceded in death by three brothers, Milo Brown, Donald Brown and Ralph Brown, and one sister, Evelyn Frohman.

 Memorial services will be held at Tabernacle Evangelical Presbyterian Church on Sunday August 18th at 3pm.