V an Rensler Brown died July 7, 2010, after recent heart bypass surgery. A longtime resident of St. Louis, Mo., he was 84 years old.
He was the beloved husband of the late Freda V. Brown. He was the son of the late Dr. Kenneth I. and Muriel Brown, former president of Denison University, and brother of the late Dirck W. Brown.
His sister-in-law Molly Brown in Lexington, Va.; his nieces, Julia Fiorino, Anne Pundyk, Mary Brown, and Jeanne Dexter; three great-nieces; and one great-nephew survive him.
Van graduated from Granville High School in 1944 and attended Denison University, class of 1950. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific.





