Marcus L. Brown 69 of Box Elder died Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at Joshua Tree, CA, where he was a snowbird for the winter. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Thursday May 26, 2005 at the Carlsen & Aldinger Funeral Home at Sturgis, SD, with Chaplain Fr. Paul Lupkes officiating. Interment with full military honors by TREA will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. He was born April 29, 1936 in Gebo, WY. He was the oldest of eight children born to William (Tuffy) M. Brown and Zelma P. Frymire Brown. He went to school and worked in Cody, WY as a young boy, before entering the Air Force in 1955. He received the FLYING CROSS medal as a Vietnam Veteran. He married Dorothy Jean Watts of Cody, WY in March 1957. After retiring from the Air Force he worked at Douglas School in Box Elder for 11 years. He also ran a Pet Boarding Kennel east of Ellsworth AF Base for 25 years. He had been snow birding to Southern, CA for the last 5 years. He loved to do woodworking and built just about everything. For years he and a brother in law lived to go to air shows. His love and understanding of animals was a passion. The thing he took the greatest pride in was his 4 children and 6 grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Jean (Watts) Brown, 2 sons, Donald Ray (Sandi) Brown of Colorado Springs, CO, Mark Lee (Marty) Brown Joshua Tree, CA, 2 daughters, Sondra Jean (Mark) Adams of Pierre, SD, Ginny Lynn (Mark) Phelps of Parker, CO, 4 grandchildren, Sabrina Brown, Mark & Jacob Phelps, and Cassie Adams, 2 step grandchildren Rebecca and Jeremy, four sisters, 2 brothers, and sister in law. He was preceded in death by a baby son Jay, baby daughter Glenda, parents, and 1 brother.