Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brooks, Howard Wayne Jr. July 20, 1999
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, July 22, 1999
Howard Wayne Brooks Jr., 72, of Alamo, Texas, formerly of Ionia, passed away 
suddenly Tuesday July 20, 1999 in Denver, Colorado, with wife and children by 
his side.  He was born December 22, 1926 in Belding, the son of Howard and 
Esther (Moore) Brooks.  He spent many years in the Ionia area.  He served in 
the Navy during World War II, from June 1944 to August 1946.

He was a smoke house operator for Peschke’s Meat Packing Co., until his 
retirement in 1988.  He was a firm believer in God and attended Temple Baptist 
Church regularly while in Ionia during the summer months.  He and his wife 
spent winters in Alamo, Texas, at Bibleville, serving the Lord.

He is survived by his wife, G. Eunice (McGinness) Brooks’ children, Linda and 
Lee Cook, Janet Brooks, Joe and Doris Brooks, Jim Brooks, all of Ionia, Cathy 
and David Harness of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Nancy and Martin Prebble of Muir; 
23 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, George and Betty 
Brooks, Melvin Brooks and Floyd Brooks.  He was preceded in death by his 
daughter, Christie Eunice, one grandson, four brothers, one sister, and his 
parents.

Funeral services for Mr. Brooks are 11 a.m. Saturday at Temple Baptist Church 
with the Rev. James Houseman officiating.  Interment will be in Tuttle 
Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lake Funeral 
Home, Ionia.



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