Doyle Hayes
Brown, MD
January 11,
1944 - February 15, 2016
Dr. Doyle H Brown passed away
peacefully at home in Moses Lake, Washington on February 15, 2016
after a year -long struggle with mesothelioma. He was 72 years of
age.
Doyle was born in Ontario, Oregon
January 11, 1944 to Daniel K. and Ruby H. Brown. He was the youngest
of six boys and spent his childhood in Vale and Ontario, Oregon.
After high school he attended Brigham Young University and then in
1963 he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in the Southern Far East Mission. His assignment had him
living in many different cities in Taiwan for two and a half years.
His love for the Chinese people was carried throughout his life.
Upon his return from his mission he
finished his degree at BYU and graduated in Chinese language with a
minor in Zoology. He applied and was accepted to the University of
Oregon Medical School in Portland, Oregon where he studied for four
years. During this time, he met and married Jeanne M. Joberg. They
spent almost 44 years together raising their eight children. Doyle
practiced Orthopedic Surgery in Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington,
Arizona and California during his forty -year career as a physician.
Doyle had many interests and was always
learning. He was active and faithful in his religious convictions as
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Mormon)
He served two additional missions with his wife in Japan, South Korea
and New Zealand. He loved to fly and for the past 40 years has had a
private pilots license and has owned his own plane for the past 30
years. History, politics, geology, classical music and language were
some of the things he loved outside of the field of medicine. He
enjoyed traveling and has stood on the great wall of China, explored
England and France and visited Mexico, Guatemala, South Africa,
Madagascar and the Philippines. Every culture held fascination for
his inquisitive mind.
He was generous and kind-hearted and
always prepared with a humorous turn of phrase. He will be greatly
missed by all who knew him!
He is survived by his wife Jeanne and
children; Ariel (Larsen), Daniel, Ammon, Haven (Villarreal), Noble,
Micah and Autumn Brown, as well as thirteen grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, his eldest brother, Elbert Brown, and his son Kelsey, who
was killed in a skiing accident in May 2006.
Dr. Brown’s funeral will be held on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints- 1849 East Nelson Rd., in Moses Lake, Washington.
His interment will follow at the
Pioneer Memorial Gardens cemetery in Moses Lake.
The family welcomes anyone wishing to
pay their respects an hour prior to the service.
Many thanks to those who have offered
their kindness and help, to the Kayser Chapel of Memories, to the
Hospice staff and to his many friends and family who gave freely
their love and prayers in his behalf.
