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- Obituary, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Tuesday, Feb 22, 1972:Bud Brown, 68, Retired ButcherHerbert A. (Bud) Brown, 68, former co-owner of what is believed to have been Rochester's oldest meat market, died of a heart attack Sunday in his home, 71 Delray Road.Mr. Brown, with his brothers, Adrian L., and the late Leo J., and a sister, Miss Louise K. Brown, operated the Joseph J. Brown Market at 17 Richmond St. until 1967, when it was closed.The market was established on Richmond Street in 1861 by their grandfather, George Brown, a native of Bavaria, Germany.When he retired in 1895, his son Joseph J. Brown took over the business.After Joseph Brown's death in 1927, his wife ran the market several years before she died [May 27, 1943]. Ownership then passed to the children.The store catered to many of Rochester's most prominent residents, including George Eastman, the Sibley families, Mrs. Frank Gannett and her mother, the late Mrs. William E. Werner.The Browns retired and closed the store because, as the late Leo Brown put it, it had become "too much" work.Herbert Brown, born on Richmond Street, as were his brothers and sisters, was graduated from St. Joseph's Parochial School and attended high school two years before going to work at Eastman Kodak Co.'s Hawk-Eye Plant. He entered the family business in 1920 [1923].Mr. Brown was a member of the Knights of St. John and St. John the Evangelist Church on Humboldt Street.His brother Leo died last year [April 14, 1971]. Surviving, besides his brother Adrian and his sister, are his wife, Artha Simmons Brown; four sons, Joseph. J., Paul F. and Edgar H. of Rochester and Dennis of Brattleboro, Vt.; two daughters, Mrs. Matthew Biuso and Mrs. Lawrence Riker; another brother, George; another sister, Mrs. Frank N. Leicht, and 20 grandchildren.Herbert Aloisius was shown in the baptismal records of St. Joseph Catholic Church b. Jun 21, 1903, baptized Jun 28, 1903, sponsor Henry A. Trentman.Herbert Brown was listed in the Apr 23, 1930 Census for Rochester City, Ward 21, Enumeration District 28-178, at 29 Van Bergh Avenue, 26, b. NY, parents b. NY, wife Artha, 25, b. PA, parents b. PA, home value $7,000, sons Joseph J., 1; Paul, 8/12. Occupation meat cutter, meat market.
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