Jeffery Forrest Brown, age 36, of Albert Lea, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at his home.

He was born July 13, 1966, in Tachikawa, Japan, to Forrest and Anne (Bergstrom) Brown. He attend Austin Public Schools and the Staples Technical College. He lived and worked in the Staples/Wadena area for some time before returning to the Austin area in 1993. For the past three years, he has resided in Albert Lea where he was employed at Streater Inc. and the Rainbow Foods store.

He was preceded in death by his son, Brandon, and maternal and paternal grandparents.

Memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 10, at 11 a.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church with the Rev. Kristin K. Wee officiating. Private interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may greet the family in the Rasmussen Refectory of the church following the memorial service.

Organist will be Neal Erickson.

Soloist will be Kaye Perry.

He is survived by his parents: Anne and Dennis L. Hanson of Austin, and Forrest and Lola Brown of Bloomington, Minn.; sisters and brothers: Michele Kassel of Austin, Nickole Roberts of Minneapolis, Tony Wadding of Farmington, Minn., Tracy Wadding of Lakeville, Minn., Amy Mooney of Portland, Ore., and Jason Brown of Edina, Minn.; grandmothers: Viola

Gavle of Emmons and Inger Hanson of Austin; nieces; nephews; aunts; uncles; cousins; and special friends: Cindy Spinler and Bill Storlie.