Robert Arlin Brown, 74, of Port Charlotte, Florida, died of complications related to COVID on August 13, 2021.

Robert was born in Cincinnati, OHIO. He graduated from North College Hill High School and received his BS at Miami of Ohio University in Oxford Ohio. He played baseball shortstop in high school and college. He received his MA from California State University, Long Beach and his PhD from Ohio University.

Robert was a Speech/Language Pathologist who specialized in stroke and head trauma rehabilitation. He was one of the first therapists in the Port Charlotte area, establishing the Speech Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1976. His various companies provided Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy to hospitals and nursing homes in the area. Robert was always interested in studying the latest research. He had a supportive approach to his therapy. He was a thinker and philosopher.

Robert married Joan Manthei in September of 1972. They were married 47 years. They had four children, Amanda (Lenny) Moniz, Nicholas Brown, Lindsay (Matthew) Wetzel, and Meredith (Oscar) Peguero. Robert’s joy in life were his eight grandchildren, Kate, Elle, and Jane Moniz, Bailey Brown, Willa, Clark, and Oliver Wetzel, and Cali Peguero.

Robert was above all else a fisherman, catching fish when no one else was even getting a bite. He enjoyed nature, cooking ribs and salmon for his family, and playing cards.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents Harold Irwin Brown and Margaret Marie Irvin Brown. He has a surviving brother Roger Brown. The family wishes to thank the caring ICU doctors, nurses, and respiratory staff at Fawcett Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 pm with funeral service to start at 2 pm Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.  Entombment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Gardens cemetery in Port Charlotte.

Friends may visit online at www.robersonfh.com to extend condolences to the family. Arrangements by Roberson Funeral Home Port Charlotte Chapel.