OLD TOWN – Clinton A. “Clint” Brown, 48, a wonderful husband, father, son, brother, grandson, uncle, nephew, brother-in-law, son-in-law, friend and soldier, passed away peacefully and entered into heaven Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at his residence with his loved ones by his side after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born Aug. 5, 1963, in Bangor, a son of Philip W. and Ginger A. (Perkins) Brown.
He grew up in Stillwater and graduated from Old Town High School in 1982. Proud and motivated to serve his country he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1984 where he attended Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He attended technical training for power production at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Upon graduation he was stationed at Loring Air Force Base, Maine, from February 1985 through February 1987. He was then stationed at Kun Song Air Force Base, Korea, from February 1987 through June 1988. He was transferred to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in June 1988 through January 1990, where he was deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1989 to assist with closing a bed down and Panama in 1989. He separated in September 1990 and then re-enlisted in November 1990 into the Maine Air National Guard. He attended utilities technical training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, in January of 1991, where he graduated as an honor graduate. Clinton was deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq, in 2005. He had three deployments to Yuma, Ariz., during 2006, 2007 and 2008 for Operation Jump Start; during the deployment in 2007 he was sent to New Mexico for Operation Mexican Border Fence; and Sather Air Force Base, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from July 2009 through January 2010. Clint was also employed with Brinks and Loomis for the past 20 years. Clint enjoyed the outdoors and being with family and friends going ATVing, boating, fishing and hunting in the great Maine woods. He enjoyed time spent at the family camps in Haynesville and Bradley. He cherished life and never took anything for granted and took every day as being precious. He loved his wife Greta and daughter Briana more than words could ever say and his world revolved around them. A caring man who would help a friend in need, he will always be loved by his family and many friends. Gone too soon and missed so much.
Clint is survived by his loving wife, Greta (Neptune) Brown; his precious daughter, Briana Brooklyn Brown; stepson, Sterling Neptune of Old Town; his parents, Philip and Ginger Brown of Stillwater; mother-in-law, Doreen Neptune of Indian Island; two sisters, Melissa Jordan and husband, Bob, of Stillwater and Jennifer (Brown) Mullins of Barboursville, Va.; sister-in-law, Onawa Hoffman and husband, Kyle, of Indian Island; brother-in-law, Gary Neptune of Indian Island; maternal grandmother, Dorothy Chaison and Ellen Perkins, both of Stillwater; his aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends. He was predeceased by his fraternal grandparents, Ara and Jennie Brown; his maternal grandfather, Leo Perkins; and his uncles, Carroll “Cappy” Brown and Allan Brown. Clint will also be missed by his lifelong friends, Herbie Buck, Louie Doucette, Dave Nadeau, James Sappier, James Smith, Phil Vellieux, Jon Lee and Tony Damboise. He was also very fond of his Air National Guard military family and was honored to have served with them. Clint appreciated the love and support he received from them throughout his illness. Clint’s family would like to extend their thanks and gratitude to CancerCare of Maine, the sixth floor nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center and Hospice of Eastern Maine, Bangor Area Visiting Nurses, the Air National Guard and special neighbor Rod O’Keefe for all the care and support he received.
Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Birmingham Funeral Home, 438 Main St., Old Town. A celebration of Clint’s life will be conducted 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Old Town United Methodist Church, Stillwater Avenue, Old Town. Burial with full military honors will be afterward at Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town.
Immediately after services at the gravesite, all are invited to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3381, Water Street, for a memorial luncheon. Memorial contributions may be made to CancerCare of Maine, care of Eastern Maine Charities, One Cumberland Place, P.O. Box 931, Bangor, ME 04402-0931 or www.healthcarecharities.org; or to an educational fund for his daughter, care of Bangor Savings Bank, attention Lori Smart, 564 Stillwater Ave., Old Town, ME 04468. To view a life story or leave notes of condolence, please visit
www.birminghamfuneralhome.com.