Mary Jane "Marie" "Molly" (Whited) Duckett Brooks (1931)

BROOKS, DUCKETT, WHITED

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

The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 19, 1931
Page 1, Column 5

Mrs. Brooks Dies

Services for Mrs. Marie Brooks who died November 11 at a Perry hospital, were held Friday afternoon at the Jefferson United Brethren church.

Mrs. Brooks, before her marriage, was Miss Mollie Duckett and was a dressmaker in Winterset. For a number of years she did alteration work for Koser Bros.

Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Levi Kinkernon and daughter Phoebe, of Panora; Mr. and Mrs. Clade Haffner, of Guthrie Center; Miss Agnes Dooley, of DeSoto; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen and sons, Donald and Darold, Mrs. Eldon Paullin and son, Paul, Jr., of Booneville.
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Coordinator’s note: Transcribed as published, she was not “Miss Duckett” but rather Mrs. Duckett, wife of Andrew J. Duckett (see Madison County Marriage Records). Her full maiden name per her Iowa Death Certificate is “Mary Jane Whited”. She has a 1901 Omaha, Nebraska Marriage Record with Squire Lewis “Lou” Brooks.