This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Jorge Brown 89 years old , born on November 14, 1929 and passed away on February 6, 2019. We will remember him forever.
If you'd like to give something on Jorge and Nancy's behalf, we are taking donations for Doctors Without Borders. Donate here: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Thank you for all your love of Jorge and his family.
I'm not sure how someone could lead such an interesting life and yet be so humble as to never talk about it unless asked. I wish now after reading his memoir that I had sought out more of his stories back when I could hear him tell them to me himself.
Mr. Brown was always kind to me, as a child and as an adult. When I lost both my parents during the last few years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were there with me and my family, giving us a place to stay and gently and lovingly helping us face all the hard tasks that accompany death. Thank you Mr. Brown! Yvonne, Nancy, Sheila and Doreen, I am so sorry for your loss!
Love, Elizabeth
Love, Elizabeth
I will always remember and treasure the family photos and trips. So many LARGE group photos! With creative editing to ensure all were included (even if they weren't actually there)
With his trademark grace and patience, Jorge taught me everything I know about cameras and important tips that I still use today to capture images. I will always remember the dinners that he and Nancy graciously hosted at their home over the years. He will be very much missed by all of us who knew him. Sea fuerte mi amiga.
Lucky
Lucky
Tuvimos la suerte de compartir esta navidad junto a Don Jorgito, quien siempre se caracterizó por ser un gran caballero, lleno de virtudes entre ellas la humildad y la generosidad, su recuerdo y cariño lo tendremos en nuestro corazón siempre.
Nancy,
I am so sorry about the loss to all of us by the passing of Jorge. He was a good friend for many years, as are you. He was a wonderful photographer and I loved his prints. He was also a very gentle man and a very good engineer. I will miss him dearly. Bill and I will send flowers.
Love you,
Pat and Bill
I am so sorry about the loss to all of us by the passing of Jorge. He was a good friend for many years, as are you. He was a wonderful photographer and I loved his prints. He was also a very gentle man and a very good engineer. I will miss him dearly. Bill and I will send flowers.
Love you,
Pat and Bill
Jorge was a very dear friend of us, we worked in Brasil together and shared many moments back in CA. May God bless his soul.
Jorge a special man with his own will, which has ensured that he has come so far in life and his perseverance and insights. With a gift to see nature at its best and with his camera always at hand he knew how to capture it beautifully. Just like the family he loved a lot, his daughters Dorien, Yvonne and Sheila he was proud of, just like his love and buddy Nans. His hospitality ensured that we made a trip with Jorge & Nans and he showed us a lot of beautiful things to tell and tell about, a very beautiful and precious memory of him. May he rest peacefully.
What a gentelman, so kind, such an interesting person to talk to, always eager to help and always there for you. I am going to miss him a lot. My whole family is going to miss him. We shared beautiful and unforgetable moments together, now moments to remember. I will miss him dropping me off or picking me up at the Oakland Airport and talking about life, memories, people, places, landscapes, and photography ... his best topic. Wow, he enjoyed so much talking about his photos, and showing them to people.
Jorge Brown ... you will be always in our hearts.
Love,
Isabel, Roberto, Pascale & Roberto Jr
Jorge Brown ... you will be always in our hearts.
Love,
Isabel, Roberto, Pascale & Roberto Jr
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I'm not sure how someone could lead such an interesting life and yet be so humble as to never talk about it unless asked. I wish now after reading his memoir that I had sought out more of his stories back when I could hear him tell them to me himself.
Mr. Brown was always kind to me, as a child and as an adult. When I lost both my parents during the last few years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were there with me and my family, giving us a place to stay and gently and lovingly helping us face all the hard tasks that accompany death. Thank you Mr. Brown! Yvonne, Nancy, Sheila and Doreen, I am so sorry for your loss!
Love, Elizabeth
Love, Elizabeth
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August 2018 at the Portland Rose Garden

Jorge and Nancy on Segway tour with nieces from Buenos Aires and Portland

Always looking for opportunities to help, he mailed me his zipline contraption design.

Star 1977





Carmel

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Caribbean Vacation
My father started cruising islands in a rented sailboat with our first trip through the Virgin Islands. We were accompanied by two other couples, so we rafted 3 boats together at night. The snorkeling was amazing back in 1980 and I spent many hours in the water. This was part of our extended tour on our return from Rio de Janeiro to the States.
In addition, to swimming and sailing and going to beaches, I was given the opportunity to try sail boarding. I tried and tried to tack to get back to the boat, but it would turn me around no matter what I did. Eventually my dad came out in the dingy to save me. He understood I was frustrated and embarrassed, so he was very gentle about asking if I wanted help. I returned to the boat a little worse for wear, but all good. That was a good trip, two weeks in paradise.
In addition, to swimming and sailing and going to beaches, I was given the opportunity to try sail boarding. I tried and tried to tack to get back to the boat, but it would turn me around no matter what I did. Eventually my dad came out in the dingy to save me. He understood I was frustrated and embarrassed, so he was very gentle about asking if I wanted help. I returned to the boat a little worse for wear, but all good. That was a good trip, two weeks in paradise.
Cousins. Fond memories
My father Harold who was 11 years his senior, loved him very much. They had a lot in common. Both studied engineering and I see he was a bird watcher as well ,when older.
What I remember very vividly, although I must have been 3 or4 years old and Harry my brother 4 or 5, is how kind and patient he was!!!!
We were left for the night at Julia's house in Vicente López. I suppose there was a wedding or some family event. And Georgie ,as everyone called him , was our babysitter.
And we behaved very badly not wanting to go to sleep!! Laughing and saying 'estupido' to each other which was the worst word we knew.
And he very kindly put us to bed again and explained that that was not a nice word. We were quite ashamed and I knew that I had been rude!!! Imagine I still remember the upstairs bedroom ,an attic, I believe, and Georgie's face when he tucked us in. And I am 73 now!!!!