BROOKS FUNERAL
WEDNESDAY AT 2
Funeral services for Raymond Brooks, North Manchester attorney, who lost his life in a plane crash in California last Thursday will be held in North Manchester, Wedsday afternoon at 2 O'clock.
The services will be held in the North Manchester Methodist Church, with Rev F E. Lutes, intimate friend of the family, and the Rev. D. Charles Elson, pastor of the church officiating.
The body will remain at the Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester, on arrival from the west Sunday. Friends may call at the funeral home starting Monday.
The body of Mr. Brooks will be flown from Redlands, CA., were killed when Brooks, piloting his own private plane flew into the side of a mountain near Tehachapi, CA.
The plane was located last Tuesday at the 5,800 foot level of a mountain range 15 miles from the California city, after more that 40 airplanes had spent 400 hours in the search. The funeral of Mr. Rettig will be in California. Brooks, who also was Wabash County Attorney, was visiting relatives on the West Coast at the time of the crash.
Raymond Arthur Brooks, 405 Gross Ave, North Manchester was born in 1903 to David F. and Anna (Cale) Brooks, Wabash. His father is deceased. Brooks moved to North Manchester in 1926, five years after marrying Beatrice Lorraine Churchill, Wabash, in St. Joe, MI.
He is survived in addition to his widow and mother, by two sons and five brothers and sisters. One daughter, Betty Jean, one brother, Harry, preceded him in death. Surviving sons are Raymond Ned, North Manchester, and Ronald David, Arizona State College, Tempe, AR. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Vada Mattews, Chicago; Mrs. Lutz Rettig, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Clarence Leete, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Merlin Schlemmer, Almia, CA. his brother, Everett, lives in San Francisco.
He was admitted to the bar in Wabash County after graduating from Indiana University with an A.B. degree. During his lifetime he was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court as well as the State Court and the Federal Court at South Bend. He was the Wabash County Attorney at the time of his death, and the town attorney for North Manchester. He had run for nomination to the Republican ticket for State Representative. Also a member of the Wabash County Bar Association, Brooks belonged to the Wabash Elks Club. He was very active in the "dry" cause, serving as president of the Anti Saloon League. He was affiliated with the Methodist Church in North Manchester.
Although funeral arrangements have not yet been made pending word from Ned who went to California to join in the search for the wrecked plane, it is known that burial will be in Wabash.
WEDNESDAY AT 2
Funeral services for Raymond Brooks, North Manchester attorney, who lost his life in a plane crash in California last Thursday will be held in North Manchester, Wedsday afternoon at 2 O'clock.
The services will be held in the North Manchester Methodist Church, with Rev F E. Lutes, intimate friend of the family, and the Rev. D. Charles Elson, pastor of the church officiating.
The body will remain at the Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester, on arrival from the west Sunday. Friends may call at the funeral home starting Monday.
The body of Mr. Brooks will be flown from Redlands, CA., were killed when Brooks, piloting his own private plane flew into the side of a mountain near Tehachapi, CA.
The plane was located last Tuesday at the 5,800 foot level of a mountain range 15 miles from the California city, after more that 40 airplanes had spent 400 hours in the search. The funeral of Mr. Rettig will be in California. Brooks, who also was Wabash County Attorney, was visiting relatives on the West Coast at the time of the crash.
Raymond Arthur Brooks, 405 Gross Ave, North Manchester was born in 1903 to David F. and Anna (Cale) Brooks, Wabash. His father is deceased. Brooks moved to North Manchester in 1926, five years after marrying Beatrice Lorraine Churchill, Wabash, in St. Joe, MI.
He is survived in addition to his widow and mother, by two sons and five brothers and sisters. One daughter, Betty Jean, one brother, Harry, preceded him in death. Surviving sons are Raymond Ned, North Manchester, and Ronald David, Arizona State College, Tempe, AR. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Vada Mattews, Chicago; Mrs. Lutz Rettig, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Clarence Leete, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Merlin Schlemmer, Almia, CA. his brother, Everett, lives in San Francisco.
He was admitted to the bar in Wabash County after graduating from Indiana University with an A.B. degree. During his lifetime he was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court as well as the State Court and the Federal Court at South Bend. He was the Wabash County Attorney at the time of his death, and the town attorney for North Manchester. He had run for nomination to the Republican ticket for State Representative. Also a member of the Wabash County Bar Association, Brooks belonged to the Wabash Elks Club. He was very active in the "dry" cause, serving as president of the Anti Saloon League. He was affiliated with the Methodist Church in North Manchester.
Although funeral arrangements have not yet been made pending word from Ned who went to California to join in the search for the wrecked plane, it is known that burial will be in Wabash.
BROOKS FUNERAL
WEDNESDAY AT 2
Funeral services for Raymond Brooks, North Manchester attorney, who lost his life in a plane crash in California last Thursday will be held in North Manchester, Wedsday afternoon at 2 O'clock.
The services will be held in the North Manchester Methodist Church, with Rev F E. Lutes, intimate friend of the family, and the Rev. D. Charles Elson, pastor of the church officiating.
The body will remain at the Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester, on arrival from the west Sunday. Friends may call at the funeral home starting Monday.
The body of Mr. Brooks will be flown from Redlands, CA., were killed when Brooks, piloting his own private plane flew into the side of a mountain near Tehachapi, CA.
The plane was located last Tuesday at the 5,800 foot level of a mountain range 15 miles from the California city, after more that 40 airplanes had spent 400 hours in the search. The funeral of Mr. Rettig will be in California. Brooks, who also was Wabash County Attorney, was visiting relatives on the West Coast at the time of the crash.
Raymond Arthur Brooks, 405 Gross Ave, North Manchester was born in 1903 to David F. and Anna (Cale) Brooks, Wabash. His father is deceased. Brooks moved to North Manchester in 1926, five years after marrying Beatrice Lorraine Churchill, Wabash, in St. Joe, MI.
He is survived in addition to his widow and mother, by two sons and five brothers and sisters. One daughter, Betty Jean, one brother, Harry, preceded him in death. Surviving sons are Raymond Ned, North Manchester, and Ronald David, Arizona State College, Tempe, AR. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Vada Mattews, Chicago; Mrs. Lutz Rettig, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Clarence Leete, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Merlin Schlemmer, Almia, CA. his brother, Everett, lives in San Francisco.
He was admitted to the bar in Wabash County after graduating from Indiana University with an A.B. degree. During his lifetime he was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court as well as the State Court and the Federal Court at South Bend. He was the Wabash County Attorney at the time of his death, and the town attorney for North Manchester. He had run for nomination to the Republican ticket for State Representative. Also a member of the Wabash County Bar Association, Brooks belonged to the Wabash Elks Club. He was very active in the "dry" cause, serving as president of the Anti Saloon League. He was affiliated with the Methodist Church in North Manchester.
Although funeral arrangements have not yet been made pending word from Ned who went to California to join in the search for the wrecked plane, it is known that burial will be in Wabash.
WEDNESDAY AT 2
Funeral services for Raymond Brooks, North Manchester attorney, who lost his life in a plane crash in California last Thursday will be held in North Manchester, Wedsday afternoon at 2 O'clock.
The services will be held in the North Manchester Methodist Church, with Rev F E. Lutes, intimate friend of the family, and the Rev. D. Charles Elson, pastor of the church officiating.
The body will remain at the Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester, on arrival from the west Sunday. Friends may call at the funeral home starting Monday.
The body of Mr. Brooks will be flown from Redlands, CA., were killed when Brooks, piloting his own private plane flew into the side of a mountain near Tehachapi, CA.
The plane was located last Tuesday at the 5,800 foot level of a mountain range 15 miles from the California city, after more that 40 airplanes had spent 400 hours in the search. The funeral of Mr. Rettig will be in California. Brooks, who also was Wabash County Attorney, was visiting relatives on the West Coast at the time of the crash.
Raymond Arthur Brooks, 405 Gross Ave, North Manchester was born in 1903 to David F. and Anna (Cale) Brooks, Wabash. His father is deceased. Brooks moved to North Manchester in 1926, five years after marrying Beatrice Lorraine Churchill, Wabash, in St. Joe, MI.
He is survived in addition to his widow and mother, by two sons and five brothers and sisters. One daughter, Betty Jean, one brother, Harry, preceded him in death. Surviving sons are Raymond Ned, North Manchester, and Ronald David, Arizona State College, Tempe, AR. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Vada Mattews, Chicago; Mrs. Lutz Rettig, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Clarence Leete, Redlands, CA., Mrs. Merlin Schlemmer, Almia, CA. his brother, Everett, lives in San Francisco.
He was admitted to the bar in Wabash County after graduating from Indiana University with an A.B. degree. During his lifetime he was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court as well as the State Court and the Federal Court at South Bend. He was the Wabash County Attorney at the time of his death, and the town attorney for North Manchester. He had run for nomination to the Republican ticket for State Representative. Also a member of the Wabash County Bar Association, Brooks belonged to the Wabash Elks Club. He was very active in the "dry" cause, serving as president of the Anti Saloon League. He was affiliated with the Methodist Church in North Manchester.
Although funeral arrangements have not yet been made pending word from Ned who went to California to join in the search for the wrecked plane, it is known that burial will be in Wabash.
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