9/1945 - David H. Brown

Mr. Brown, 73,prominent in the furniture industry for many years, died Monday,

Aug. 13, at Butterworth hospital 10 days after suffering a stroke of paralysis.

Mr. Brown was treasurer of Century Furniture Co. from 1905 until it

suspended activities about five years ago. With the late William H. Gay, he founded

The Furniture Manufacturers Warehouse Co., in 1920 and was its president until

retirement a year ago due to ill health.

Mr. Brown was an honorary life director of the Furniture Manufacturers Association of

Grand Rapids and a director for several years of the David Wolcott Kendall Memorial

School and the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition Association.

Mr. Brown joined the Peninsular Club 35 years ago and was a regular patron

of the Club until his death. A native of Reading, Mich., he was associated with the

Michigan Chair Co., at Grand Lodge as a youth and remained with the company,

when it was removed to Grand Rapids He later became an executive of the firm.

Besides the widow, Amy Bertsch Brown he is survived by a niece, Mrs, Kate Whearton

Berry, of Grand Ledge.