Deaths [62585]

62585
Brooke
Jimmie Dale "Jim"
12/25/2021
1/22/1938
1/12/2022
Cremation
Aged 83; (construction contractor for Ellie Meyers/ lineman for Missouri Power & Light, Union Electric & Ameren from 1969-2002/National Guard Reservist) son of the late Cleo Ivalee Brooke (who was his birth mother) (b. 1/22/1938 Gilman City, Harrison County, MO); grandson of the late Ralph Edward Brooke & the late Cora Eleanor (Lowe) Brooke (his maternal grandparents who raised him); nephew of the late Deane Edward Brooke (his maternal uncle who was like a second father to him); 1955 graduate of Coffey High School (Coffey, Daviess County, MO) & attended college in Maryville, MO; husband of Cherlyn Deanne (Kellum) Brooke (m. 12/31/1965 Dike, Grundy County, MO--just shy of 56 yrs.) & she survives of the home; father of Vicki Dale (Brooke) Mitchell, Tony Randall Brooke, Gail Jeanette Brooke (Livingston Cox Peterson) & Bethany "Beth Ann" (Brooke) Wilson; half-brother of Thomas Brooke "Thom" Geer, Cora Ann (Geer) Redinger & Mary Jean "Jeanie" (Geer) Baker; step-brother of Becky Ann Grady & Sgt. Major (ret.) Everette Eugene Grady; (Note: a second printing of the obituary appeared in the 1/19/2022 issue of the MMI)