Fletcher Locke Brown Jr.

Fletcher Locke Brown Jr.

• Fletcher Locke Brown Jr. was born circa 1914 in North Carolina.
• He married Elynor Forster, daughter of Otto Marquard Forster and Louise Lyson Bulgheroni, on 5 July 1940 in King County, Washington, at Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Seattle Naval Air Station, by license issued the 1st, with Rev. J. P. Murphy officiating. The marriage was witnessed by Lyson Muriel Forster.
• Fletcher Locke Brown Jr. died in 1942 in Guadalcanal.
• The following appeared on 30 April 1942 in The Coronado Journal: The christening of the young son of Capt. Fletcher Locke Brown, U.S.M.C., and Mrs. Brown, was solemnized at Sacred Heart church, Coronado, on Saturday afternoon and attended by family and a few friends. The baby is Lance Locke Marquard Brown, born September 30, in Honolulu. Godmother is the baby's aunt, Miss Muriel France Forster, and the Godfather, Capt. Desmond Canavon, U.S.M.C. Following the christening a surprise party was given in honor of the young parents a the home of Mrs. Brown's parents, Capt. M. Forster, U.S.N. and Mrs.. Forster, 735 Margarita-ave.
• Elynor Forster became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 26 December 1964 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Miss Nancy Liersch Engaged. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Liersch, 2931 Weston Ave., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Nancy Liersch, to Lance Locke Marquard Brown, son of Mrs. Jac, G. Guenther, 962 Rankine Road, and the late Maj. R. [sic] Locke Brown.
       Miss Liersch is a graduate of Niagara Falls High School, the Conservatory of Music of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and the Mozarteum Academy of Music and Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria.
       She is the organist and youth choir director at First Presbyterian Church and associate teacher of pianoforte with the Harold Bradley Institute.
       Mr. Brown, a graduate of DeVeaux School, attended Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., and is a pre-ministerial student at Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa.
       The wedding will be solemnized Aug. 7.
• The following appeared on 23 May 1970 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Lance L. M. Brown will be ordained into the Christian ministry at a service of worship Sunday in First Presbyterian Church, 311 First St., at 4 p.m.
       Officiating clergy will be the Rev. James Westhafer, pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Lockport, and moderator of the Presbytery of Western New York, assisted by the Rev. a. Russell Stevenson, the Rev. Carl H. Lenz and the Rev. Hans Klee.
       Mr. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Guenther, 962 Rankine Road, this city, and the late Marine Corps Maj. Fletcher Locke Brown Jr., is the first young man who has grown up in the First presbyterian Church here to be ordained in the church in more than 60 years.
       A DeVeaux School graduate, mr. Brown received his bachelor's degree from Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, in 1966. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Conferred on him the degrees of bachelor of divinity in 1969 and the master of theology in 1970. He was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
       He will become assistant minister in Beulah Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, where he will be in general charge of church education and in direct association with junior and senior high youth.
       Mr. Brown and his wife, the former Nancy J. Liersch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Liersch, 2931 Weston Ave., and a well-known organist and musician, will reside with their infant son Eric, at 104 Dauntless Drive, Pittsburgh, after June 1.
       A reception will follow the ordination and will be sponsored by the Women's Association of the church and the hospitality committee of the Church Session. Mrs. Melving Dashineau is chairman.

• Last Edited: 1 Sep 2016