Darrell Ellsworth Brown
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Darrell Ellsworth Brown, 82, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on April 26th, 2018 with his family by his side. A visitation will be held 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Jackson Building) 5550 N Jackson Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, April 30 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Jackson Building). Graveside to follow at Mt Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Darrell was born on June 24, 1935 to the late Lowell Brown and Jesse Mae Durkee in Tabor, Iowa. He was a devoted husband to Shelley (Crain) Brown and loving father to ten children: Daniel Brown, Carrie Ferguson, Catherine Tuskey(Kevin), Christie Brown(Luisa), Ruth Brown, Analee Brungardt, Joshua Brown(Christina), Holli Brown, Camilla Brown, Vincent Brown, and two step children, Shalimar Willour(Jerime) and Shannon Rush. He also has 15 grandchildren Jesse, Erin, Aliya, Eliece, Joel, Thomas, Sebastian, Xavier, Kylee, Grace, Ayden, Reece, Mia, Sydni, Kelsey. He has 11 great-grandchildren.
He was always excited to learn about the details and travels of his family. Darrell is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He loved to study the scriptures. He was well respected in his church family who would come to him for advice or to lend a listening ear. He talked to members of all ages that knew him and he took interest in them. For many years he kept journals of facts, travels, scriptures and the people in his life.
Darrell worked in the areospace industry for over twenty five years. He will be remembered for being a part of a technology transfer in Europe and had testified in front of Congress with his work aerospace. Following his years in aerospace, he work for seven years with the Liberty School District. Darrell lived in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri.
He spent 3 years in the Air Force and many years in the Army National guard. Darrell enjoyed traveling and telling stories of his adventures. He had a thirst for knowledge that kept him learning and studying new things throughout his life. His family, church community and growing list of friends will miss him greatly.
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Sister of my heart, Shelley I’m so very sorry for the loss of your sweetheart and dear husband, Darrell. He will be missed by many. I’ll always remember the first time I met Darrell. You two stopped for a visit to introduce Darrell and me and to tell me you were getting married! You were both absolutely beaming and so thrilled you had found each other! God blessed you with many years together! Thank you, Darrell for allowing me to be a small part of your life. I’ll always remember your handsome face and beautiful smile.
Shelley, may our Lord wrap you in his strong, warm and loving embrace and bless you with the strength required in this time of need
Love you both!
Prayers to the family. Darrell will be missed by quite a number of family and friends. Let me know if there is anything I can do? Love ??
My heart hurts. I do not have words to express what is there. Sometimes being quiet is what is best. Mom Shelley, I love you! You and Darrell have been the most solid love I have ever known in my life. All of the dinners, and our scripture studies even when I wasn’t there. Darrell so quietly included me and the children, you both sacrificed so much to bring me out of the depths of lack I was born into. Darrell, I will miss your warm welcome, chipper Hello, I treasure every story, and curious about the ones you never got to share. Every of wisdom and blessing you gave me as your daughter, from the heart. Thank you for all of the sacrifices, and wisdom you shared with me. You were an example of a true husband and father, a real grandpa. Thank you for allowing me to be apart of life with you. My heart is so sad. I will miss you so much. Shelley, I love you so much!
We will greatly miss Darrell . For his love and knowledge of the Church and giving great advice to those in need of it, he was always there to lend a ear and a shoulder to cry on . I loved hearing about the stories he was able to share. RIP Darrell. Shelley we love u and I want u to know that u r a great friend and a motherly figure to me and I greatly appreciate all that u have done being a spiritual advisor for many and that everyone looks up to u not just because of ur knowledge of many things but because of all of the things that u have done for many. God Bless u always u r in our prayers alway. Lots of love prayers and hugs for u and ur family with love from The Birmingham’s. Stacy, Angela, Nathan, Ayden, Ryan and Sofia
May God continue to Bless u always and forever
Five years after his passing, I’m just learning of Darrell’s death. He was my dad’s cousin. I remember him fondly from Brown family reunions in Tabor. The last time I saw him (and his father, my great uncle Lowell), was at our Aunt Naoma Brown Warren’s funeral in Anaheim, CA in September, 1994. He spoke proudly and lovingly of his family.