Steven Brown

STEVEN EDWARD BROWN, 58, died at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on Friday, April 29. Steve was born on September 27, 1952 in Bethesda, Maryland. The second child of the late Dr. J. Cudd and Kathryn Work Brown, he grew up and attended schools in Oregon, California, Virginia, Maryland, and New Hampshire. Before moving to the Cleveland area in 2005, Steven lived in State College, Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years. He excelled academically and graduated from high school at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire in 1970. He completed small engine, welding, and machine training, and later attended the Pennsylvania State University with a major in mechanical engineering. Growing up, Steve participated in many sports, including lacrosse and fencing, and he enjoyed debate, playing violin, and his amateur shortwave radio hobby. During his young adulthood, Steven worked as a bicycle mechanic and at an auto repair company. He also worked for a few years as a paint chemist, systems designer, and quality control lab manager at Universal Chemicals and Coating outside Chicago, Illinois. He later became a dedicated caregiver for both of his aging parents. Steve worked tirelessly to rise above the challenges of his bipolar disorder. He was an active volunteer, administrator, president, and ultimately executive director of MUST Mutual Understanding and Support Team, a consumer mental health organization in State College. He advocated with local and state agencies for many mental health services consumers as well as other people needing his assistance. He was also very active in Pennsylvania legislative matters and facilitated various social services support groups. Steven excelled at and enjoyed designing, building, and repairing almost anything, in addition to writing, mentoring, and coaching. He was dedicated to his friends and his pets. He hoped someday to build an airplane and a boat. He was an avid sailor, bicyclist, and at one time, a bicycle racer. Most of all, Steve was a devoted and loving husband and father. He totally and passionately committed himself to raising his two children and giving them the best possible start in life. Steven Brown is survived by his wife Susan Ruth Marengo-Brown, his son Morgan Cudd Alexey Brown, age 9, and his daughter, Dorothy Ruth Zhanna Brown, age 6. He is also survived by his older sister Alison Buck, her husband Bob, and their daughter Kim of Universal City, Texas; his younger brother Greg Brown of State College, Pennsylvania; and Susan Ruth's mother Dorothy Marengo and siblings Cheryl, Bruce, and Doug, along with their spouses and children. In addition to his parents, Steve was preceded in death by his first wife, Marjorie Row Brown. A memorial service for Steven Brown will be held on Saturday, May 14 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2474 Fairmount Blvd in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with the Reverend Allen Gates officiating. Organ donations have been made to the Life Bank. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI-PA Centre County c/o David Jeffreys, 717 S. Sparks St., State College, PA 16801 or the Omaha Home for Boys 4343 N. 52nd St., Omaha, NE 68104. Services are under the direction of Brown-Forward Funeral Home in Shaker Heights, Ohio.


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