Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brooks, Ruth Darlene March 26, 2016
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Ruth Dalene Brooks, age 91, of Carson City, passed away Saturday, March 26,
2016 at the Laurels of Carson City. She was born March 10, 1025 in Saginaw 
the
daughter of Fred and Alice (Bueker) Balesky. She graduated from Hemlock High
School and went on to attend St. Mary’s Nursing Academy in Saginaw. On July
15, 1951 she married John Roy Brooks in Vassar, MI.
Ruth was one of the first nurses at Carson City Hospital and also spent 
several
years working as a nurse for Ithaca Public Schools and Gratiot County Head 
Start,
before her retirement. She was a member of the Carson City United Methodist
Church, the Carson City American Legion Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern 
Star
and the American Red Cross. Ruth was also a member of the Carson City Art 
Club
and especially enjoyed painting. She ran the Carson City Doll Hospital out 
of her
home for many years and enjoyed golfing and sewing.
Ruth is survived by her children, Barbara (Keven Berklund) Brooks, Fred 
(Elizabeth)
Brooks, Mary (Melvin) Pasch and Judy (Dale) Evitts, grandchildren, Ericka 
(Mike)
Sikkenga, Noah (Alison), Anna Catherine and Miriam Brooks, Emily, Jill and 
Chase
Hosmer, Sarah (Ryan Brancamp) Pasch, Kevin (Lauren) Pasch and Hazel Evitts,
great-grandchildren, Ethan and Olivia Kipp, Adam, Asher and Malachi 
Sikkenga,
Paisley and Lillian Hosmer. Also a sister, Doris Kennard and sisters-in-law,
Margaret Balesky, Ruth Brooks and Ethel Durbin.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband John in 1999, a 
brother,
F. Jack Balesky and a brother-in-law, Burt Kennard.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 11 am at the 
Lux
and Schenpp Funeral Home in Carson City. Interment will follow in Carson 
City
Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 29th from 2-4 and 6-8 pm 
at
the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer
Society, the Laurels of Carson City or the Carson City United Methodist 
Church

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