Funeral for Bruce Alan Brown will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 26, 2026 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Graham officiating.

Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The service may be viewed by following the link at www.beckerfuneral.com or by visiting the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Facebook page.

Bruce Alan Brown was born on July 3, 1946, in Kinsley, Kansas, and passed away on February 22, 2026 in Lawton, Oklahoma.

His father, Dr. Ronald L. Brown, was a physician and surgeon.  His mother, Helen Jane Crebo Brown, was a registered nurse.  His sister, Rhonda, was born in 1949.

Bruce attended school in Larned, Kansas, from 1951-1956, Walters, Oklahoma, from 1956-1961, and Tipton, Oklahoma, from 1961-1964 where he graduated from high school.

He attended Oklahoma City University from 1964-1968 and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1968.  Later he earned a Master of Music degree from Midwestern University in

Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1974.

Bruce married Peggy Hoock of Corn, Oklahoma, on June 7, 1975, at Centenary United Methodist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma.  Son Michael Alan was born in 1978 and Kevin Alan in 1980.

Bruce taught vocal music at Central Junior High School and Wilson Elementary in Altus, Oklahoma, from 1968-1972.  Following that he taught elementary general music at Eisenhower Elementary in Lawton from 1972-1978 and at Hugh Bish Elementary in Lawton from 1978-1997.  He joined the music department at Cameron University from 1997-2008.

Bruce began playing the piano at the age of five and the organ at age twelve, when he became the organist at the First Presbyterian Church in Walters, Oklahoma.  Other positions included organist at Centenary United Methodist Church, Lawton, from 1972-1986, organist/choirmaster at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lawton, from 1986-1999 and organist/choirmaster at Holy Family Catholic Church, Lawton, from 1999-2009.

In addition he taught private piano and organ lessons and was a piano tuner/technician.

He received the Distinguished Achievement in Education Award from Lawton Public Schools in 1987.

Memberships included NEA, OEA, PEAL, Music Educators National Conference, Oklahoma Music Educators Association, and American Guild of Organists.

His hobbies included stamp collecting (life member of the American Philatelic Society), amateur radio (holding the FCC callsign KI5TE), record and CD collecting, electronics and vacuum tube collecting, and listening to classical music

Bruce was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Brown, his biological mother, Frances Collette Fox Nygard, his sister, Rhonda Brown Norton, and son, Michael Alan Brown, who passed away in 2005.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy, of the home, a son, Kevin and wife, Brandi of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, granddaughter, Camryn, of Broken Arrow, a half sister, Rebecca Bugge and husband, Charles, of Hood River, Oregon, a brother-in-law, Ron Norton, Duncan, Oklahoma, a sister-in-law, Theresa Clark and husband, Terrel of Elk City, Oklahoma, and aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and a host of friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family would suggest donations to the Michael A. Brown Memorial Pharmacy Scholarship fund at the Southwestern University School of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 702, Weatherford, OK 73096.