Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brooke, Mary Goode May 2, 2023
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Virginian-Pilot May 19, 2023
Mary Goode Brooke, age 97, passed away on May 2, 2023, at Lake Taylor in 
Norfolk, VA. Mary was born on August 17, 1925, in Norfolk, the daughter of James 
Vass Brooke and Edith Shepherd Brooke. She was the granddaughter of City 
engineer William Brooke, for whom Brooke Avenue is named. She attended Miss 
Graham’s School, where she received highest honors and was awarded the 
scholarship pin. Mary’s life was music. She studied piano at the Bristow Hardin 
School of Music, where at the early age of 11, she had a reputation as “an 
artist of unusual talent.” She won several music contests and, at 15, was a 
soloist with the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra. Mary won a music scholarship to 
Smith College, where she graduated Cum Laude in 1947 and was elected to Phi Beta 
Kappa. Mary continued her musical career by moving to New York City where she 
taught piano, first in Scarsdale, then at the Diller-Quaile School in the City. 
She also enjoyed singing in several choruses and a madrigal group. Mary returned 
to Norfolk and taught piano at the Williams School. She was a member of the St. 
Paul’s Church choir. After her mother died in 1993, she moved to an apartment on 
Westover Avenue, where her sister Anne later joined her. With windows open, 
neighbors and friends could hear Mary play her wonderful repertoire of classical 
pieces on her Steinway grand piano, which she continued to enjoy until only a 
few years ago. Mary was wonderfully gifted in many ways, always thoughtful and 
caring. Mary was predeceased by her sisters Edith and Anne and is survived by 
her niece Elizabeth Laytin and nephews Brooke and Peyton Robertson. A memorial 
service will be held at St. Paul’s in August, followed by a private burial.

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