Okfuskee, OK – Obit - Dean Brook, 1908-1999

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Source:  Okemah News Leader, Sunday, February 28, 1999


Dean Brook

     Funeral services for Dean Brook, 90, were held Sat., Feb. 27 at Parks 
Brothers Funeral Home Chapel at 1 p.m. with Rev. Carl Clay officiating. He died 
Wed., Feb. 24 at his home northeast of Okemah.

     Born May 10, 1908 northeast of Okemah to John Brook and Jeanetta Harvison 
Brook, he and Margaret Alyne Geren married June 14, 1934 in Wetumka. He was a 
Muscogee-Creek citizen and a member of the Wind Clan. He was a rancher and 
active for many years in the Okemah Round Up Club. He was a member of the First 
Baptist Church and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association. A resident of Okfuskee 
County all of his life, he was a beloved husband, father and friend, known for 
his honesty, hard work and humor.

     Preceding him in death was one daughter, “Scootie” Brook on Jan. 16, 1979.

     Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Margaret Brook of the home 
northeast of Okemah; two sons, Jon M. Brook of Tulsa and Dan D. Brook of Okemah; 
one daughter, Candee Kay Collins, of Kilgore, Tex.; two sisters, Virginia Birk 
of Santa Barbara, Calif and LuCretia Harkey-Roberts of Okemah and Denver, Pa.; 
three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

     Pallbearers were Bobby Bean, Jimmy Smith, Don Baker, Gordon Geren, Cecil 
Campbell and Claude Kezer. Honorary pallbearer were Nolan Rutland, Durwood 
McCord, Ira Skinner, Nolan Adams, Harlan Swinford and Terry Swinford.

     Interment was in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers 
Funeral Home.