The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) Monday, 11 Jun 2001
Kathryn Mary Reed Brooks, 85, passed away in her home surrounded by her children Monday, June 4, 2001, after a long and courageous fight with cancer.
A native of Portsmouth, she was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Catholic Church.
She was the widow of Carl R. Brooks and was predeceased by her parents, William J. and Julia Nolan Reed; her brothers, William V. Reed, Thomas L. Reed and James E. Reed; her sisters, Ethel Reed Broughton and Julia Theresa Reed Gholson.
She is survived by her daughters, her sons, her grandchildren, sister-in-law, cousins, lifelong friend, a niece and several nephews.
A Catholic Wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Baker-Foster Funeral Home, Bennett's Creek Chapel, with visitation afterward with family and friends.
A Joyful Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Paul's Catholic Church by the Rev. Joseph Majewski. Burial will follow in Portsmouth Catholic Cemetery.
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) Monday, 11 Jun 2001
Kathryn Mary Reed Brooks, 85, passed away in her home surrounded by her children Monday, June 4, 2001, after a long and courageous fight with cancer.
A native of Portsmouth, she was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Catholic Church.
She was the widow of Carl R. Brooks and was predeceased by her parents, William J. and Julia Nolan Reed; her brothers, William V. Reed, Thomas L. Reed and James E. Reed; her sisters, Ethel Reed Broughton and Julia Theresa Reed Gholson.
She is survived by her daughters, her sons, her grandchildren, sister-in-law, cousins, lifelong friend, a niece and several nephews.
A Catholic Wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Baker-Foster Funeral Home, Bennett's Creek Chapel, with visitation afterward with family and friends.
A Joyful Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Paul's Catholic Church by the Rev. Joseph Majewski. Burial will follow in Portsmouth Catholic Cemetery.
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KATHRYN REED BROOKS
JULY 13, 1915
JUNE 4, 2001
IN BLESSED MOTHER'S CARE
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