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Charles "Chuck" Brown

Prosser, WA, USA

December 5, 1949 - January 20, 2021

Dec 5, 1949 - Jan 20, 2021

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Angelica Cisneros

Kay and girls, This is Angie Cisneros Kay I was in extreme shock when I just recently learned of Chuck's passing. I have been trying to find you to be able to speak with you. My deepest condolences to you and your daughters. I hope you can contact me at the email address I provided.

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Tatiana Henfling

1995, Prosser, Washington, Verenigde Staten

Chuck, me and Pepper

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Tatiana Henfling

Dear family,
I am very sorry for your big loss
Chuck was such a sweet, spontaneous man with a lot of humor. I will always, have warm memories of him.

Especially when my parents, sister and i, visit you all in America. The give me a big smile on my face
Little comfort is that he no longer has to suffer

Lots of strength a for now and in the future.

Grande besos y abrazos

Tatiana

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Jan W. Henfling

2008, Bussum, The Netherlands

The four of us, departing for a roundtrip

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Jan W. Henfling

Our friendship dates back to February 1979, when I visited the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru. I had to decide whether we, Irma and me,  should move to Lima for a position at CIP that was offered.  Chuck was the one who took me on a three day round trip to the experiment stations in Huancayo and San Ramón where much of my future work should take place.   That Chuck convinced me to accept the job will surprise no one who knows him. His enthusiasm for the work and the challenges ahead were overwhelming. The stories he told about work, the people we met, the country and life in Peru were so convincing that signing a contract at the end of the week became a formality.  Once we arrived in Lima, half a year later, Kay was the first to welcome us in the CIP Guesthouse.  She and Irma  established a relationship that to Chuck and me sometimes felt like a sisterhood with us allowed to figure at the margin. But then, we had our potatoes to talk about and also shared views on society and the role of agriculture in regional and global development.  Once  children came into our lives relations deepened, while potatoes disappeared from my life. We visited Prosser with our two daughters in their early teens, we visited without the kids,  and Kay and Chuck did visit us a couple of times. Great memories!! It also became clear to us the past days that our friendship will survive death, at least as long as we remain alive and able to reflect on this happy past together.

Our friendship dates back to February 1979, when I visited the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru.... Read more Our friendship dates back to February 1979, when I visited the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru. I had to decide whether... Read more Our friendship dates back to February 1979, when I ... Read more

Jeanne Debons

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

DAVID CULLEY

I've worked with some amazing people over a long career, but Chuck is the one that always brings a smile when I remember that time. He was a fantastic scientist and a truely wonderful person. I count that time working with him, learning from him, and getting to know him as one of the great blessings in my life. Kay and Anna and Claire... my condolences... he was a truely great individual in so many ways. He will be missed by many.

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Jeff Bragg

Wow....don’t know where to begin with the loss of such a fine man. Chuck was very instrumental for me as I admired his passion, and knowledge of people and potatoes. His smile was broad, intelligence deep, and I have a void now. For his family, I have many thoughts and prayers for you. May his legacy run deep.....Miss you immensely, Chuck. Thank you for all you did for me....Love, Jeff Bragg

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Phil Hamm

I was so sorry to hear that Chuck had died. He was a friend and fellow scientist. We did a number of research studies together and publish a number of scientific papers.
We first worked together on a virus problem spread by a nematode but later worked a virus spread by aphids. I suspect our working together started at least 20 years ago.
He truly was someone who was gracious and caring, smart and thinking, fun and helpful. I have and will continue to cherish the time I had the time miss him.

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Rich Novy

2010, Hermiston, OR, USA

Chuck selecting in the field during the Hermiston Tri-State Tour-2010

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Rich Novy

Chuck will be greatly missed both personally and professionally. I still use many of Chuck's breeding clones as parental material in the Aberdeen, ID potato breeding program and his professional legacy yet lives on. His love of potatoes was always obvious as well as his love of his family. The beautiful quote (below) from his obituary really touched me and I hope Kay and family find solace and peace during this difficult time.
Rich Novy

“The enduring love of families and friends is a bag of precious gems. The perception that your children and grandchildren are fulfilled is like a calming breeze developing at twilight for a deep sleep.”

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Linhai Zhang

Chuck was on NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/…

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Jeanne Debons

I remember!!! I remember!!! I remember!!!

David Midmore

Although I haven’t seen Chuck in over thirty years, I see in the photos and wonderful comments that he hadn’t changed over that time, always with a genuine smile, a will to help others and a love for his family and career. May he rest in peace and sincere condolences to the family he leaves behind. David and Rocio.

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Shokooh Behran

2020, Kadlec Hospital

Chuck , Shokooh , Hassan

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Shokooh Behran

2020, Kadlec Hospital

Chuck and Kay

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Shokooh Behran

Dear Kay, Claire, and Anna: Be blessed with peace and comfort. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Deepest sympathy.
Peace and love always,
Shokooh Behran, and Shabnam

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Anna Wagner

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Shokooh Behran

Dear Kay, Claire, and Anna: Blessed with peace and comfort . Deepest sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are... Read more Dear Kay, Claire, and Anna: Blessed with peace and comfort . Deepest sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Dear Kay, Claire, and Anna: Blessed with peace and ... Read more

Sam Chavoshi

2017, Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center, Wine Country Road, Prosser, WA, USA

Chuck's retirement party

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Sam Chavoshi

2017, Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center, Wine Country Road, Prosser, WA, USA

Chuck's retirement party

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Sam Chavoshi

2017, Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center, Wine Country Road, Prosser, WA, USA

Chuck's retirement party

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Sam Chavoshi

2018, Kennewick, WA, USA

Chuck and Kay @ WA-OR Potato Conference

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Sam Chavoshi

Chuck was a friend, a teacher, and a great human being. We will miss him a lot. Chuck was a friend, a teacher, and a great human being. We will miss him a lot. Chuck was a friend, a teacher, and a great human being.... Read more

Anne Kenny Chapman

My heart goes out to you, Kay, Anna and Claire, and families. It was always a pleasure to have time to talk to Chuck, back in the WSU-IAREC days of volleyball and bridge games, when he was passionately discussing potato variety traits, when he got me to be Babushka for the Twelfth Night celebrations. For his entire USDA, ARS, Prosser and USDA, ARS, TTFVRU career, I enjoyed discussing his research, his family and the idiosyncrasies of federal employment with him.

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Don Lewis

Chuck was an irritatingly dominate opponent in Scrabble, a good sailing shipmate, and a great friend. His quest for knowledge brought rangers, on at least one of the San Juan islands, to their knees trying to identify all the flora and fauna in Chuck’s view. His intellect and humor kept me laughing with him to the end. His greatest love, Kay. His greatest pride, his family. I was privileged to know him. Don Lewis

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Dave Douches

My condolences to Kay and the daughters. Chuck and I bonded as potato brothers at UC Davis while I was working on my Ph.D. It was destiny that Chuck got the Prosser position. He was meant to continue his work on potato and he contributed so much to make his part of the world a better place. It is a privilege to breed potatoes but it also is a life privilege to have potato colleagues like Chuck!

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Lawrence King

I have so many fond memories of hanging with my buddy Chuck (and Kay, of course). The image/motif I can’t lose in my mind as I think of Chuck’s spirit is his amazing, consistent, almost mischievous-toned “chuckle” – that “ha, ha” shorthand sound he could be counted on to make in so many circumstances. In fact, I never thought before of the irony of how my buddy named Chuck captivated me with a trait that mirrored his name!

In the late 1970's, my wife Jenni and I traveled to Peru (where Chuck worked at the Centro Internacional de la Papa as a potato virologist) and we journied with Chuck and Kay for an intimate trip to Machu Picchu. In those days, with “connections,” it was possible for a handful of folks to sleep overnight at a small government owned tourist hotel. The 1978 picture I posted is of Kay and Chuck and myself likely in late afternoon or early morning – after all the tourists had mounted the buses back to Cuzco; the quiet and majesty of Machu Picchu was unforgettable.

Chuck could be impish and summon his inner child, and yet, so deep and wise and solid. Chuck was deeply spiritual (we enjoyed on occasion meetings at the Religious Society of Friends) and was curious of all things metaphysical, but had a healthy distrust of parts of organized religion. Kay reconnected us only in the past year and I spoke with him by phone on a number of precious occasions. He was at peace; he told me of a talk he had with a Chaplain who shared the observation “no one knows the day they will pass.” He thought it wonderful and enough that he had the blessings of his precious and timeless bond of his family.

Kay was devoted beyond explanation and in the end, he remarkably used the phrase “we” (Kay and Chuck) almost exclusively in detailing events and describing his feelings.

Kay, Anna and Claire, I know there is a new star in the heavens that is Chuck’s spirit. Although we lost touch for too many years, I loved him as few other men I have known. His legacy endures for so many.

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