Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brooks, Cevil Jr. 2003
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The Greenville Daily News, June 2003


Cevil Welrose “PeeWee” Brooks Jr., 78, a longtime resident of Thomas Lake, 
Oakfield Township, passed away Thursday afternoon, June 19, 2003, at his home.  
The son of Cevil W. Sr. and Mary F. Sargeant Brooks, he was born June 2, 1925 
in Belding.

Mr. Brooks was a veteran of World War II, serving with the United States Army 
in Germany, and was a life member of Lester J. Sitts Veterans of Foreign Wars 
Post 5065 in Sheridan.  On April 3, 1970, in Greenville, he married Elaine Ruth 
Ransom.  He retired from Federal-Mogul in Greenville after 30 years of 
service.  In his retirement PeeWee was an active volunteer for the Montcalm 
County Commission on Aging, logging thousands of miles throughout the county 
delivering meals, groceries and taking fellow seniors to doctor’s appointments 
and shopping.  He enjoyed hunting and fishing and had also been a member of the 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Auto Workers unions.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two wives, Dorothy Dehl Brooks and 
Betty Chadwick Brooks; son, Terry Brooks; brother, Dwight Brooks; and sister, 
Berniece Helms.

He is survived by his wife, Elaine Brooks of Buckley; children, Robert and 
Lucinda Brooks of Belding, Marlene and Terry Bigelow of Sheridan, Edward and 
Cindy Macomber of Pierson, Mary and Doug Postle of Ionia, Nancy and Russell 
Cazier of Sheridan, Tom Zinn of Buckley; two sisters and brothers-in-law, 
Gladys and Ken McQueen of Stanton, Alice and Clarence Herbert of Pinconning; 
aunt, Hazel Midlam of Greenville; mother-in-law, Ella Fox of Buckley, special 
friend Carol Hagen; eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and 
many nieces and nephews.

Funeral and committal services at 3 p.m. Sunday at Brown-Teman & Christiansen 
Funeral Home, Greenville, with Pastor Jerry McVicker of Hillcrest Community 
Church of Cedar Springs officiating.  Military honors rendered by Lester J. 
Sitts VFW Post will follow.

Envelopes for memorial contributions to the Montcalm County Commission on Aging 
are available at the funeral home, where the family will receive relatives and 
friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday.



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