The Family of James Brown, Lifelong West Caldwell Resident and Past Jaycees President, Have Announced His Death

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 1:05pm

WEST CALDWELL, NJ - The family of James J. Brown have announced that he passed away peacefully on Thursday at the age of 80. His family and friends are deeply saddened by their loss and the community will mourn his absence. 

Jim was born in Orange to Walter and Roberta Brown. He attended Saint Benedicts Preparatory School and graduated from Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. After serving in the US Army, he married Patricia Thomas and they raised their family in West Caldwell. 
 
For 30 years, Jim was a Vice President of Sales with CECO Corporation and then moved to Scandia Corporation in Fairfield from where he retired in 2010. Jim was well-known in the community: he was a longtime member of St. Aloysius Church, Past President of the Jaycees and past Chairman of the Boys Scouts Troop 9.

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"Jim was always the life of the party," a family member commented.
"He loved golf, his New York Giants, watching Fox News
and most especially, he loved spending time with his family.
The past 12 years were a gift of life,
after he was the recipient of a live liver transplant from his daughter, Beth."

Jim's Family
was pre-deceased by
is survived by

• Wife of 52 Years
  Patricia Ann Thomas Brown
   
•  Jim's Children
  James, Jr. Brown and his wife, Diane
  Barbara Brown Pippitt and her husband, Michael
  Elizabeth Brown
  Mary Pat Brown Pszcola and her husband, Michael
  Kelly Brown Joy and her husband Darren
  Kathleen Brown Frey and her husband, Kevin
  Robert Brown and his husband, John  
   
• Jim's Grandchildren
  Joseph, Erika and Lindsay Brown 
  Kyle and Dylan Pippitt
  Matthew and Meredith Pszcola
  Brooke Joy
  Ryan Frey

Jim will also be dearly missed by many close cousins, brother and sisters-in-laws, nieces, nephews and many close friends who fondly called him "Action."

Memorial Arrangements
The memorial arrangements for James Brown are as follows:

• Wake
  Codey & Jones Funeral Home
  54 Roseland Avenue, Caldwell 
• • Monday, Jan. 19
    3pm to 7pm 

• Mass of Christian Burial 
  St. Aloysius Church
  219 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell
• Tuesday, Jan. 20 
  11am 

• Burial   
  Private

Message of Condolence  
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Codey & Jones Funeral Home of Caldwell. Notes of sympathy may be written to the family online here.

Memorial Donations
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Lahey Liver Fund would be greatly appreciated: 

• Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
  Office of Philanthropy
  Lahey Liver Fund
  In Recognition of James Brown, of West Caldwell, NJ 
  41 Mall Road
  Burlington, MA 01805 
  or
  Online Here  

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