Ames Earl Brown, Jr., 80, of Moore Township, Northampton County, Pa., died Wednesday, February 12, 2003 in his home.

He was a former telephone engineer with the Springfield Telephone Company in Springfield, Pennsylvania and retired as a private contractor for Nynex in New Hampshire in 1996. He had also worked for GTE in Erie, Pennsylvania and Northlake, Illinois and the Journal of Commerce in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Born March 26, 1922 in Conneaut, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ames Earl, Sr., and Edna (Cheney) Brown.

He was of the Methodist faith.

He graduated West Springfield High School, Erie County, Pa. in 1940.

He was a Private First Class in the Army Air Force during World War Two.

He was a life member of the Independent Telephone Pioneers of America, and the American Legion Post 83 Merced, California, and the PGA of America. He was also a member of the Hickory Hills Senior Citizen's in Moore Township.

He is survived by his wife of twenty-one years, the former Helen Phillips; a son, Ames E. Brown and his wife Carla of Lima, Ohio; three daughters, Sandra Wheeler and her husband Victor of Girard, Pa., Barbara Frankfurt and her husband Mark of Leawood, Kansas and Linda Holderby and her husband Rick of Big Sandy, Texas; a step-son, Thomas Phillips and his wife Rita of Bethlehem, Pa; a step-daughter, Dawne Cicero and her husband Dominic of Forks Township, Pa.; two brothers, Philip of New Port Richey, Fla. and Glen of Sarasota, Fla; two sisters, Alice Johnson of Richmond, Indiana and Jeanette Brown of New Port Richey, Fla.; eleven grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and a step-great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. A brother, Sgt. Kenneth Brown died in 1944 during World War Two.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg, N.J. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home on Saturday. Burial will be in the Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Township, Pa.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Visiting Nurse Association of St. Luke's, 1510 Valley Center Parkway. Suite 200, Bethlehem, PA, 18017.