Obituary of Brown, John C " Jack "

The death occurred peacefully at the Prince County Hospital, Summerside, P.E.I. on Friday, January 3rd , 2014 of John C (Jack) Brown of Miscouche, aged 73 years. Beloved son of the late Clifford and Dorothy Brown of Summerside. Jack is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Norma (nee Poirier) Brown, daughters Kelley Brown (Sandy MacPhee) of Milton and Tara (Chris) Snively of Summerside, sister Alana (George) MacDougall of Charlottetown, sister-in-laws Margaret (John) Raynor of Enmore, Louise (Ken) Ladouceur of Sarnia, ON, Teresa (Rollie) Bacon, Alberta, Una (John Ramsay deceased) Poirier, Summerside, brother-in-laws Clarence Poirier, Miscouche, Louis Poirier, Alberta, and Paul Poirier, Alberta. Besides his parents, Jack is predeceased by father-in-law and mother-in-law Martin and Lucy Poirier, Miscouche, and brother-in-law Alfred Poirier, Miscouche. Jack was an avid sports fan with a particular love of softball. Jack took this love of softball and worked tirelessly to help bring many national and international softball tournaments to the city of Summerside. Jack often used his persistent nature and single minded focus to help organizations and charities that he had great passion for. This included, but was not limited to, the ALS Society of PEI. Jack also had a love of music, and played numerous instruments. His favourite was the saxophone. Jack loved life, and was not afraid to think big and live it. This is something everyone should do, we are the collection of our experiences after all. Resting at the East Prince Funeral Home, 245 Pope Road, Summerside, until Monday, January 6th , then to St. John the Baptist Church, Miscouche for a funeral mass at 2:00 p.m.. Interment to take place at a later date in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cat Action Team or the PEI Humane Society would be greatly appreciated. Visiting hours on Sunday afternoon only, 2 - 5 p.m.. If you would like to send a condolence to Jack's family, please click Online Condolence below OR send directly to epfuneral@eastlink.ca