Obituaries
Funeral Announcements: Dick Brown, 97, Founded Edgartown Dairy Queen
The former owner of the original Edgartown Dairy Queen and a longtime Island volunteer, Richard C. Brown will be remembered with a service at the Edgartown United Methodist Church, Saturday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m.
Family and friends will gather Saturday to remember Richard C. "Dick" Brown of Oak Bluffs, who passed away Nov. 27 at 97.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Dec. 7 at the Edgartown United Methodist Church for this longtime Island resident and volunteer.
Brown was a maritime engineer who, after many years working on steamships, built and opened the original Edgartown Dairy Queen in the late 1960s, according to his obituary.
He was also a devoted baseball fan who umpired Little League games on the Vineyard for more than 50 years, and a Scoutmaster who helped revive the Island's Boy Scout Troop.
To read more about Brown's long and productive life, please see his full obituary at the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Homes website.
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