Ralph Brooker (2002)

BENNETT, BROOKER, FUNDINGER, JURGENSON

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:56

The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Wednesday, July 3, 2002
Page 17, Column 2

RALPH BROOKER
Des Moines

Ralph Brooker, 78, of the 3100 block of Southwest 13th Place died of kidney cancer Monday at Hospice Kavanagh House. The body was cremated, and a memorial gathering will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Italian-American Cultural Center.

Mr. Brooker was born in Winterset and had lived in Des Moines all his life. He was a retired permit officer with the Iowa Department of Transportation and an Army veteran.

He is survived by three sons, Dennis of Derby, Marty of Runnells and Bryan of Des Moines; a daughter, Denise Weyant of Marshalltown; a brother, Herbert of Indianola; two sisters, Darlene Fundinger of Grand Junction, Colo., and Madeline Bennett of Des Moines; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Jurgenson Brooker.

Hamilton’s Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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