Robert “Bob” Ned Brown, 65, died unexpectedly January 5, 2013, at his home in Sublette.

He was born December 30, 1947, at Great Bend, to Ned M. and Harriet F. Grove Brown.  A former resident of Larned, he was a 1965 graduate of Larned High School and Hutchinson Juco and attended Fort Hays State University for two years.  He was a well respected master artisan and carpenter.

He belonged to the First Presbyterian Church, Larned.

Survivors include mother, Harriet Brown, Prairie Village, Kansas, one brother, Michael G. Brown and wife D.J., Kansas City, Missouri, one sister, Debra Jan Converse and husband Arlyn, Leawood, Kansas, three children, Amy, Lucas and Sean, 2 grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews, and friend Roxanne Beach.

He was preceded in death by his father Ned M. Brown.

A celebration of life service will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 10, 2013 at  Morell Funeral Home, with Pastor Jack Singer presiding.  Inurnment will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned.

Memorials may be sent to the Pawnee County Humane Society, in care of Morell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 124, Larned, Kansas, 67550-0124

Condolences may be left at www.morellfuneralhomellc.com