Helen M. Brooks, 70, RR3, died at 5 p.m. yesterday in Wabash County Hospital. She had been in failing health six months.
She was born Jan. 20, 1911, in Bunker Hill to Pearl and Mary (Benson) Smith. She married Arthur Brooks Sept. 21, 1932, in Wabash. He survives.
A housewife, she was a lifelong Wabash County resident. She was a member of the Lebanon Church.
Also surviving are two sons, Tony Brooks, Huntington, and David Brooks, Sweetser; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Mary Jane) Fox, Noblessville, and Mrs. Francis (Joan) Mountain, witchita Falls, Tx; two brothers, James Smith and Jack Smith, both of Wabash; three sisters, Mrs. Richard Leach and Mrs. Herbert Jenks, both of Wabash; and Mrs. Ralph Watson, Shreveport, La; 19 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Elizabeth Finfrock was organist. Burial was in Friends Cemetery.
Pallbearers were DeWayne Brooks, Gary Greer, Chris Fox, Allen Bright, Raymond Highley and Burvia Younce.
Helen M. Brooks, 70, RR3, died at 5 p.m. yesterday in Wabash County Hospital. She had been in failing health six months.
She was born Jan. 20, 1911, in Bunker Hill to Pearl and Mary (Benson) Smith. She married Arthur Brooks Sept. 21, 1932, in Wabash. He survives.
A housewife, she was a lifelong Wabash County resident. She was a member of the Lebanon Church.
Also surviving are two sons, Tony Brooks, Huntington, and David Brooks, Sweetser; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Mary Jane) Fox, Noblessville, and Mrs. Francis (Joan) Mountain, witchita Falls, Tx; two brothers, James Smith and Jack Smith, both of Wabash; three sisters, Mrs. Richard Leach and Mrs. Herbert Jenks, both of Wabash; and Mrs. Ralph Watson, Shreveport, La; 19 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Elizabeth Finfrock was organist. Burial was in Friends Cemetery.
Pallbearers were DeWayne Brooks, Gary Greer, Chris Fox, Allen Bright, Raymond Highley and Burvia Younce.
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