Stan's Family Page
Revision 5, December
2009
I grew up with a great family in
Well, there was DAD... here is a special picture of him and Warren (my
brother) taken on a fishing expedition several years ago. At dad's eulogy over
two years ago,
I feel that I hold a reflection of dad, also.
Dad passed away on May 28, 1999. He was good sweet man.
On the other hand, there’s MOM. I
had to update this page - May 1, 2009 she passed away. She was 89.
EVERYONE that met her knew that she was really a very special person.
Although words can’t really
express how we felt, Warren and I wrote a eulogy for her to give people a sense
of who she was to remember her by. You can read it here. 
Wow, I got her to come over for a little pool party in August 2001. Way to go MOM! Now she was 83 and had weathered quite a bit of medical stuff-successful cataract and hip surgeries, and more. That's another story, though.
Mom was great....she had much fire and character. Her interests include: stitchery and reading. She was a very big reader. Over the last few years, her voracious literary appetite spanned over Judaica, Mark Twain and the fabulous Richard Feynman.
She does cooked up a storm (or tornado) in the kitchen, creating assorted favorite Jewish delectables, including such perennial favorites as Kneidlach (matzo balls, and they are sinkers), or kreplach (kind of a Jewish won-ton, my favorite).
Mom was always pretty darned sharp, and nothing would get past her. She would
often offer her opinion if asked for or not! She loved to read-and had a very
large library, and kept up on current affairs. In past years she was been a fan
of Dr. Laura and
Mom and Dad were married (mostly happily!) for 53 years. Mom was the Patron
Saint of the family and Dad was the friendly bystander, always there. Sadly, they
are no longer. Mom was an RN, the head nurse of Phoenix Memorial Hospital
Emergency Room, and later on an industrial nurse. Dad had a variety store and
"Wil Brown's Furniture" in
They have had a parade of pets...unfortunately time has weathered them all
away. <<<sigh>>>
And now, for something complete different. Well...hey...it's...Warren,
my Big Brother!
Yep, speaking of animals, there is
In my household, I have still have my very cute scaredey
kitty cat Bungie 
and a coupla dumb old furbies.
Bungie is a great cat, still a kitty approaching 19!!!
She’s a good girl!
Hey, do you wanna hear Bungie and me? Well, here she is!
That's it for the main family. Want more? All I have left are my keeno RELATIVES!
Lesseee....here's the story...
The Brown clan originated in
Time is ticking. As I rewrite this the old folks got too old, and now aren’t around anymore. Many of us are approaching those golden years, and aren’t real sure on how to handle it. <sigh>
On Dad's Side, there was his Brother Marv, "Uncle Docky" to me....Aunt Libby is still going... They begat my two cousins Jill and Cynthia (Jill has two kids, Jessica and Mitchell and Cynthia has two boys, Eric and Matthew).
And there's Dad's sister Millie who married the huge Joe Kaplan. Aunt Millie
is small. Uncle Joe has a brother they call "Tiny", by the way. Uncle
Joe besides being a great big loveable guy, has a huge
heart, too. They had three children, my cousins; First,
there is Iris (married to Jerry) with two
children, Emily and Greg,
last time I checked he was going to the
On Mom's side, there is the Gershman clan. As the Gershman's
are mostly in and around
Uncle Carl and Aunt Weedie, moved from Maryvale to Goodyear.
Uncle Carl passed away shortly before mom early in 2009. Aunt Weedie (for
Ouija), is a long-term TV watcher.
Their kids are Neil 
(married to Ellen, with “kids”
Their sister is Lori Ann 
who is in
Next there is Uncle Carl's sister, Aunt
Wild and crazy Zach
, is in flux, but he used to run video and special effects at the
Aunt Miriam (the "Czarina" to mom) is the PhD (English)
smarty-pants, and her husband Uncle Benny was a retired psychiatrist in San Bernadino, CA. He passed away in 2008. They are both pretty
much retired. Their children are David and wife Supranee
(everyone calls her "Add"), with children Ila
Bo and Hem. Debbie (she was married to
Moshe, who runs Modern
Videofilm in
....and then there's Anna...no, Andrew...no-nevermind.
Oh well, folks, that's the Family page for now...if you got this far, you are a brave soul to dive into my family story! Everyone needs a great family like mine to make them well rounded, and keep them in a positive state of mind, with a proper set of values. Like Mom says... "One day at a time!"
Love,
Stan
rev. 5
updated ever so slightly December 2009
Thanks to Aunt Miriam for
the help with cleaning up the english-July, 2002!