William A. Brooker (1929)

BROOKER, COE, IMES, LONG, PETTY, TRINDLE

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 4/27/2006 at 17:45:06

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 20, 1929

Death of Will A. Brooker

Will A. Brooker of Linden, for many years a resident of Madison county, died at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines, about noon, Tuesday, June 18th. Mr. Brooker was hit by a baseball, on the left side, under the eleventh rib, Sunday evening when he was playing ball in the yard of his home with some of the members of his family. He was taken to the hospital in Des Moines and was operated upon early Monday morning. His spleen was removed and the loss of blood weakened his condition and caused his death on Tuesday.

Mr. Brooker, who was 53 years of age, had always made his home in this county, until two years ago, when he moved to Redding and then later he moved to his latest home, two miles east of Linden. He was married to Miss Blanche Long in 1903, and they are the parents of six children, who with the mother survive him; Russell, Iola, Helen, Norma, Homer and Ruth. He also leaves a brother and four sisters: Mrs. Ira Trindle of Winterset; Mrs. Henry Imes of St. Charles; Mrs. Clara Petty of Valley Junction, Mrs. Ida Coe of Colorado, and Ernest Brooker of Des Moines.

Funeral services are being held at the Fairview church north of Winterset, this afternoon (Thursday, June 20th) at two o'clock.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 20, 1929
Page 8

MORTUARY

William Brooker

William Brooker was born June 17, 1876, and died June 16, 1929, aged 53 years and one day. His father and mother preceded him in death. He identified himself early in life with the Methodist church of Fairview, where his membership still remains. He leaves to mourn his loss a loving wife and six devoted children, who are still at home: Russell, Iola, Helen, Norma, Homer and Ruth, also four sisters and one brother, Mrs. Lon Imes, of St. Charles; Mrs. Mary Trindle, of Winterset; Mrs. Clara P-tty (letter missing), of Valley Junction; Mrs. Ida Coe, of Denver, Colorado, and Ernest Brooker, of Des Moines, and a host of other relatives and friends. He had always been a loving husband and a devoted father to his family.

Funeral services were held at the Fairview Methodist church, Thursday afternoon, June 29th, with sermon by Rev. James Walls from the text, “Now We See Through a Glass Darkley.” Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery.

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