Brown, Paul, 83,

of Newport Beach, passed away at home Sunday, July 15^th, from natural causes. Born and raised in Burbank, he was a 1942 graduate of Burbank High School. He was a successful businessman who enjoyed investments and running his independent insurance agency, Brown & Sons Insurance, for 60 years. He was a kind, strong, happy, funny man who loved his wife and family first and foremost. In 1978 he moved his family to Newport Beach to be near the ocean. A love of fishing, scuba diving, waterskiing and sailing added endless hours of fun to his life and everyone he shared it with. He was privately laid to rest on Wednesday at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar. His niche will be appropriately inscribed “Gone Fishing”. He will be greatly missed by Edwina Brown, his loving wife of 61 years, children Craig Brown (Janet), Michelle Brown and Celeste Brown Dennerline (Bob), grandchildren Russ Brown, Ariel Brown and Matt Dennerline, of Newport Beach, Ken Brown of Portland and brother Ray Brown (Joyce) of Burbank.