The Walden community is minus one of its biggest supporters following a fatal head-on crash on Mountain Creek Road Nov. 19 which took the life of Henry “Leo” Brown Sr., 84.
“He loved his community and wanted to contribute to its well-being, and I think he did a good job,” said neighbor and friend of 40 years Joe Robbins.
Brown was an active member of the Walden community who had served as an alderman for the town and was instrumental in the creation of the Bachman Community Center, for which he was a board member from its start in 1999 until the time of his death.
“If it hadn’t been for Leo, Bachman would not be the vibrant community center that it is today,” said Linda Collins, a neighbor and fellow member of the board at Bachman Community Center. “He was the gentle force that held it together.”
From offering to pick up computers donated by BlueCross BlueShield to installing air-conditioning units, “no task was too small or too large,” she said.