Will leaves his father, Col. J. Richard Brown USAF (ret); brother, Dr. Philip R. Brown DVM, owner of Animal Care Center; sister, Valeria J. Brown, owner of Aardbark Pet Grooming Service, all three live here in Springfield; daughter, Genevieve Zi Brown, a U.S. Navy Midshipman and junior at Tulane University in New Orleans, La. Will graduated from Guam Sr. High School, and a B.S., from San Francisco State University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He worked several years for Bank of America followed by several years with Willie Brown, Speaker of the House Legislature, in Calif. At the time of his death he was Undersecretary of Food and Agriculture for the state of California. Will's mother, Phyllis Evans Brown, died in 1999, and is interred in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery here in Springfield. Will is to be interred in Rivermonte Cemetery, Springfield, Mo., in a private service. Online condolences may be left at www.gormanscharpf.com.