Virgil Pershing Brooks (1919-2010)

BROOKS, BURNETT, COOPER, HEINTZ, FETTERS, HALLO, MYRLAND, HILLIS, JACOBSON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/5/2010 at 17:45:14

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, February 4, 2010.

Virgil P. Brooks, 92, of Nevada, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Story County Medical Center in Nevada. Funeral services are pending with Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada.

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Virgil Pershing Brooks, 91, of Nevada, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Story County Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at Central Presbyterian Church, 932 Fifth St., in Nevada, with Pastor Scott Milsom officiating. Burial will follow in the Nevada Municipal Cemetery.

Visitation will be Sunday, Feb. 7, with the family present from 1 to 3 p.m., at Chet Ryan Mortuary, 708 Fifth St., in Nevada.

Virgil was born Jan. 13, 1919, in Fernald, to David and Jennie (Burnett) Brooks. He was a 1936 graduate of Milford School. On July 13, 1941, Virgil married Maxine Elizabeth Cooper at Nevada Presbyterian Church. He was a farmer who loved the land. Virgil was a member of Central Presbyterian Church and Nevada Masonic Lodge.

Virgil is survived by four sons, Doug Brooks, of Dallas Center, Steve Brooks, of Mesa, Ariz., Chuck Brooks, of Aurora, Colo., and Brad Brooks, of Nevada; three daughters, Delores Heintz, of Carrolton, Texas, Jeanette Fetters, of Urbandale, and Charlet Hallo, of North Port, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Genevieve Myrland, of Minnesota, and Isabelle Hillis, of Cedar Rapids; and a sister-in-law, Margaret Brooks, of Hilton Head, S.C.

Virgil was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Maxine on Oct. 15, 1988; a granddaughter, Danielle Fetters; three brothers, Mervin, LaVern and Lester; and a sister, Virginia Jacobson.

A memorial fund has been established in Virgil’s name.

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