Claude Harry Bowles Brown (Claude)
Claude H. B. Brown, M.D., 93, died peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 4, 2021, in Albuquerque, NM. He was born in Ada, OK on March 20, 1927, to parents (teachers) Claude Harrison Brown and Sallie LeNoir “Lena” Bowles Brown.
Claude grew up in the Sasakwa-Konawa-Vamoosa- Ada area and entered the University of Oklahoma as a very bright 16-year-old who “liked to hunt and fish and read historical novels.” In 1945, at age 18, he entered the United States Navy (San Diego) serving honorably at the end of WWII as a Navy Corpsman. Claude returned from the service to continue his education and courtship with Patricia “Patti” Noyes (Shidler, OK) whom he married in December 1947. Completing his degree in 1949, he entered the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine where he graduated with an M.D. in 1953.
After completing an internship and residency in Pediatrics, he moved in 1956 with his young family to Ardmore, OK where he practiced medicine for 17 years and “helped raise a generation of kids.” He achieved Board Certification in Pediatrics in 1962. During those years Dr. Brown and his wife Patti enjoyed bass fishing locally and fly fishing at Roaring River (Cassville, MO) and the 4UR Ranch (Creede, CO). They also enjoyed travel to San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, and trips to Hawaii. (Oahu, Maui, Kauai). They were known for hosting some delightful Christmas fondue parties.
Dr. Brown and his family moved in August 1972 to the San Francisco area where he completed a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree at the University of California- Berkeley. That training was “an extension of pediatrics into adolescent and young adult medicine.” In the Fall of 1973, Dr. Brown and his family moved to
Albuquerque where he had a 20-year career at the University of New Mexico Student Health Center. In October 1974 his wife Patti died on a fishing trip which was a tremendous loss to the family including son David (now in Cincinnati) and daughter Anni (now in San Diego). In April of 1976, Dr. Brown married Satyra Fulton Lancaster (with her two girls, Sonya and Laura). They were married 43 years until her death in April of 2019. They enjoyed flyfishing, travel to Seattle, North Carolina, and London. They were deepened in their Christian faith through many active years at Sandia Presbyterian Church including small “covenant groups.”
Other than fishing, Dr. Brown’s three other hobby interest areas involved cooking, watching sports, and investing. He was an ardent lifelong fan of Oklahoma Sooners Football (from the days of Coach Bud Wilkinson until now). He avidly and daily read the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Claude Brown was a unique, complex, and creative man with a sharp wit, and great sense of humor. He was a gifted and wonderful doctor. He was our dad.
He is preceded in death by his infant son Clint Noyes Brown, his first wife Patti, his mother Lena, his beloved aunt and ‘second mother’ Anice Bowles, and his second wife, Satyra.
There will be a private burial in Albuquerque, and it is hoped that there can be a more public memorial service later this year when health concerns lessen. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to Mayo Clinic- Scottsdale, The University of Oklahoma or Sandia Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque.
Published on January 9, 2021
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