Max E.�Brake On October 18, 2009, Max E. Brake, beloved husband of Grace Brake, loving father of Robin Jean France and her husband John B. and the late Rene� Jane Brake, devoted step-father of Gary Brown and his wife Rose, James (Jake) Brown and his wife Dale, Patricia Ann Brown and the late Robert and Charles Brown, cherished grandfather of Garrett and Christopher Walters, Wyatt France and Sherry Alfinito, admired great-grandfather of Michael and Dominic Alfinito. Memorial services are private.�Memorial donations in Max�s memory may be made to Joseph Richey Hospice House, Inc., 838 Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.