Remembering Bennie Brown
The daughters of Bennie Brown — left to right Linda Brown, Daina Haas and Tammy MacPhee — at the memorial service in early January. A long-time resident of Moses Lake who moved to Oregon in 2016 to be near his daughters and their families, Brown worked as a nurse and anesthesiologist at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake from 1962 until his retirement in 1998.
Charles H. Featherstone
One of the photos of young Bennie Brown from the late 1940s. Brown, who died in November 2022 at the age of 92, was honored at a memorial service at the Moses Lake Adventist Church on Jan. 7.
A young Bennie Brown, prior to moving to Moses Lake.
Bennie Brown in his scrubs as a nurse and anesthesiologist at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. “He put half the community to sleep,” MacPhee said.
MOSES LAKE — Martha Wong, a retired registered nurse who worked for years at Samaritan Hospital, has some fond memories of Bennie Brown.
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