Parish of Leatherhead - Sid Brown

from the February 2005 magazine
Sid Brown On 22nd January we lost an old and faithful member of our church - Sid Brown. He had been in failing health for some time, but his death still came as a shock and we have a deep sense of loss.

Sid and I were churchwardens together between 1986-88 and formed a close and lasting relationship during this time. He had already been churchwarden for one year, and was a marvellous person to "show one the ropes". Nothing ever ruffled or upset him - he was totally unflappable. Whenever some crisis arose, he would just say, "Don't worry - we'll do our best", and was wonderfully calming. At the same time, he had a keen sense of humour and we had a great many laughs together. His modesty was legendary. Once I was saying how much I enjoyed his poems, which at that time were published each month in the magazine. He said, "It's a very inexpensive hobby - all you need is a pencil and paper". A masterly understatement!

At his funeral, David recalled an incident, which amused me very much at the time. By then Sid was no longer churchwarden, but was a sidesman. A subsequent churchwarden wanted to obtain more accurate numbers of communicants at the services, and asked the sidesmen to count more carefully. At a meeting of the sidesmen he asked if any of them had trouble with the counting. Sid, a professional accountant, said "I don't have any trouble with the counting - it's just that I never get the right answer!"

Sid and Joyce seemed inseparable - one always thought of them together and they did so many things together for the church. Sid was loved by all of us who knew him and will be much missed by all of us. Linda Heath

from the April 2005 magazine
Thank You Joyce Brown, Andrew and Debora would like to say thank you so much to everyone for all the kindness and love you have given us during Sid's illness. We have been helped and cared for in every way and we are so grateful.

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