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OBITUARY
Norman Edward BROWN
1930-2024
Mr. Norman Edward Brown, husband of the late Rolande Guillot, passed away at the Centre d’hébergement Saint-An- toine on January 12, 2024, at the age of 93. He was the son of the late Maude-Elizabeth McKenna and the late Edward Heney Brown. He lived in Quebec City.
The family will be receiving condolences at:
Complexe du Parc Commémoratif La Souvenance
301, rang Ste-Anne
Québec, QC G2G 0G9
June 15, 2024, from 9 a.m to 11 a.m.
A ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the chapel of the Complexe du Parc Commémoratif La Souvenance at 301, rang Ste-Anne, Quebec City. For those who cannot be present, the family invites you to watch the live or recorded virtual ceremony. To watch the ceremony, press the icon “Cérémonie” located on Mr. Brown’s online obituary at lepinecloutier.com.
He leaves to mourn his children Thomas (Danny Yau) and Michael (Agathe Blanchette); his grandchildren Morgan, Matthew, Adam James and James, as well as their respective spouses; his great-grandchildren; his brothers the late Allan (Doris) and the late Robert (Mary Jane); his brothers- and sisters-in-law of the Guillot family, the late Jean (Carmen Girard), Pierre (Yolande Bilodeau), the late Michel (Fernande Tousignant), Hélène (the late Paul Bouchard) and Claude (Danielle Morin); as well as his nephews, nieces, cousins, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his son Robert.
The family would like to thank the staff of the Centre d’hébergement Saint-Antoine for their kindness, empathy and exceptional care.
You may express your sympathy with a donation to the Fondation des maladies du cœur et de l’AVC, 4715, avenue des Replats, bureau 261, Québec, QC, G2J 1B8, tel. 418-682-6387, coeuretavc.ca.
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