RUMFORD CENTER — Ervin Richard “Dickie” Brown, 65, of Rumford Center died peacefully at home in the arms of his family after a long courageous battle with brain cancer, Monday, Feb. 21.

Dickie was born to Daniel A. and Isabel N. Brown on Sept. 28, 1945, in Rumford. Dickie attended South Lancaster Acadamy in South Lancaster, Mass.

Dick was well-known for his compassion for family and friends. He loved stock car racing, arm wrestling, camping, motorcycles, ATV’s, snowmobiling and spending time with his family. Dick was also known for his passion for driving overloaded pulp trucks and was recognized and inducted as a champion logger in the Fryeburg Fair Saco Valley Woodsmen’s Field Day Hall of Fame in 2009.

He loved living and loving life to its fullest each and every day! We all loved and admired his quick wit and light hearted sense of humor even in his final days.

Dickie will be greatly missed by his surviving family: his wife, Mary Beth Brown of Rumford; his sons, Darren Brown of West Paris and Ervin Richard Brown Jr. and wife, Heather, of Greenwood; his daughters, Darlene Cossar and husband, James, of West Paris and Doreen Brown of South Paris; his stepchildren, Justin Hautaniemi of Newport, R.I., Ashley Hautaniemi of Bethel, Tina Scribner and husband, Dennis, of Otisfield and Kris Sanborn of Greenwood; his grandchildren, Tricia Young and husband, Eli, of Oxford, Paul Cox Jr. of Oxford, Krystal Hadley of West Paris, Jennie Cox of West Paris, Chelsey Brown of West Paris and Ervin Richard Brown III of Greenwood; his stepgrandchildren, Dalton and Dionne Hemingway and Jordyn and Dennis Sanborn; his great-grandchildren, Hannah Young and Delilah Cox; his brother, Daniel Brown and wife, Emily, of California: his sisters, Aldis Locklin and husband, Tom, of Massachusetts, and Leanna Wisnosky and husband, Bill, of West Paris.

He was predeceased by his wife of 33 years, Janice Cary Brown; his father, Daniel Brown; an infant brother; and infant grandson, Dustin Brown.

Online condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.meaderandson.com.

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