Lloyd Brooker, 66, Former Sheriff, Dies in Appleton.
Lloyd Brooker, 66, who gained fame, throughout Wisconsin as a "crusader" against moonshiners during his term as Oneida County sheriff in 1927-28, died Tuesday night in Appleton, after a short illness. During his lone term in office, Brooker destroyed 46 outdoor stills and saw 110 persons convicted in court for liquor violations after searches which he led. At the time he said his war on moonshiners was in the nature of a "crusade" with him. Elected as a Democrat, he was an out and out prohibitionist. He was asked to run by a group of Rhinelander persons after he came close to being named chairman of the town of Minocqua in a campaign marked by his promise to correct liquor evils. Elected in the fall of 1926, he took office Jan. 3, 1927. Three days later he made his first raid, finding a 600-gallon still, 300 gallons of 180 proof alcohol and 100 gallons of mash near Enterprise.
He was born Dec. 19, 1886, in Shiocton, [the son of Francis Edison Brooker and Sarah Aman Brooker]. Mr. Brooker came to Minocqua as a young man where he later worked as a Standard Oil distributor and operated a tire shop. While in Minocqua, he was married to the former Hattie Zimmer of that community. About 1930, after Mr. Brooker served as sheriff of Oneida County, he moved south to establish his home in Appleton. From 1934 to World War II he was superintendent of the Outagamie Detention Camp. At the time of his death he was keeper of the Appleton City Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the First Congregational Church in Shiocton, and interment will be in that community. Besides the widow, Mr. Brooker is survived by two sons, David and Carl, both of Appleton; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Cavil of DePere, Mrs. Adolph Elseth of Prairie Farm and Miss Annette Brooker of Chicago; two brothers, George of Sayner and Frank of Bowling Green, Ky.; two-sisters, Mrs. Joseph Schroder of Munising, Mich., and Mrs. Leon Kennedy of Shiocton, and 12 grandchildren.
[The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), 28 Oct 1953, Wed • Page 2]
Lloyd Brooker, 66, who gained fame, throughout Wisconsin as a "crusader" against moonshiners during his term as Oneida County sheriff in 1927-28, died Tuesday night in Appleton, after a short illness. During his lone term in office, Brooker destroyed 46 outdoor stills and saw 110 persons convicted in court for liquor violations after searches which he led. At the time he said his war on moonshiners was in the nature of a "crusade" with him. Elected as a Democrat, he was an out and out prohibitionist. He was asked to run by a group of Rhinelander persons after he came close to being named chairman of the town of Minocqua in a campaign marked by his promise to correct liquor evils. Elected in the fall of 1926, he took office Jan. 3, 1927. Three days later he made his first raid, finding a 600-gallon still, 300 gallons of 180 proof alcohol and 100 gallons of mash near Enterprise.
He was born Dec. 19, 1886, in Shiocton, [the son of Francis Edison Brooker and Sarah Aman Brooker]. Mr. Brooker came to Minocqua as a young man where he later worked as a Standard Oil distributor and operated a tire shop. While in Minocqua, he was married to the former Hattie Zimmer of that community. About 1930, after Mr. Brooker served as sheriff of Oneida County, he moved south to establish his home in Appleton. From 1934 to World War II he was superintendent of the Outagamie Detention Camp. At the time of his death he was keeper of the Appleton City Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the First Congregational Church in Shiocton, and interment will be in that community. Besides the widow, Mr. Brooker is survived by two sons, David and Carl, both of Appleton; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Cavil of DePere, Mrs. Adolph Elseth of Prairie Farm and Miss Annette Brooker of Chicago; two brothers, George of Sayner and Frank of Bowling Green, Ky.; two-sisters, Mrs. Joseph Schroder of Munising, Mich., and Mrs. Leon Kennedy of Shiocton, and 12 grandchildren.
[The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), 28 Oct 1953, Wed • Page 2]
Lloyd Brooker, 66, Former Sheriff, Dies in Appleton.
Lloyd Brooker, 66, who gained fame, throughout Wisconsin as a "crusader" against moonshiners during his term as Oneida County sheriff in 1927-28, died Tuesday night in Appleton, after a short illness. During his lone term in office, Brooker destroyed 46 outdoor stills and saw 110 persons convicted in court for liquor violations after searches which he led. At the time he said his war on moonshiners was in the nature of a "crusade" with him. Elected as a Democrat, he was an out and out prohibitionist. He was asked to run by a group of Rhinelander persons after he came close to being named chairman of the town of Minocqua in a campaign marked by his promise to correct liquor evils. Elected in the fall of 1926, he took office Jan. 3, 1927. Three days later he made his first raid, finding a 600-gallon still, 300 gallons of 180 proof alcohol and 100 gallons of mash near Enterprise.
He was born Dec. 19, 1886, in Shiocton, [the son of Francis Edison Brooker and Sarah Aman Brooker]. Mr. Brooker came to Minocqua as a young man where he later worked as a Standard Oil distributor and operated a tire shop. While in Minocqua, he was married to the former Hattie Zimmer of that community. About 1930, after Mr. Brooker served as sheriff of Oneida County, he moved south to establish his home in Appleton. From 1934 to World War II he was superintendent of the Outagamie Detention Camp. At the time of his death he was keeper of the Appleton City Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the First Congregational Church in Shiocton, and interment will be in that community. Besides the widow, Mr. Brooker is survived by two sons, David and Carl, both of Appleton; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Cavil of DePere, Mrs. Adolph Elseth of Prairie Farm and Miss Annette Brooker of Chicago; two brothers, George of Sayner and Frank of Bowling Green, Ky.; two-sisters, Mrs. Joseph Schroder of Munising, Mich., and Mrs. Leon Kennedy of Shiocton, and 12 grandchildren.
[The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), 28 Oct 1953, Wed • Page 2]
Lloyd Brooker, 66, who gained fame, throughout Wisconsin as a "crusader" against moonshiners during his term as Oneida County sheriff in 1927-28, died Tuesday night in Appleton, after a short illness. During his lone term in office, Brooker destroyed 46 outdoor stills and saw 110 persons convicted in court for liquor violations after searches which he led. At the time he said his war on moonshiners was in the nature of a "crusade" with him. Elected as a Democrat, he was an out and out prohibitionist. He was asked to run by a group of Rhinelander persons after he came close to being named chairman of the town of Minocqua in a campaign marked by his promise to correct liquor evils. Elected in the fall of 1926, he took office Jan. 3, 1927. Three days later he made his first raid, finding a 600-gallon still, 300 gallons of 180 proof alcohol and 100 gallons of mash near Enterprise.
He was born Dec. 19, 1886, in Shiocton, [the son of Francis Edison Brooker and Sarah Aman Brooker]. Mr. Brooker came to Minocqua as a young man where he later worked as a Standard Oil distributor and operated a tire shop. While in Minocqua, he was married to the former Hattie Zimmer of that community. About 1930, after Mr. Brooker served as sheriff of Oneida County, he moved south to establish his home in Appleton. From 1934 to World War II he was superintendent of the Outagamie Detention Camp. At the time of his death he was keeper of the Appleton City Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the First Congregational Church in Shiocton, and interment will be in that community. Besides the widow, Mr. Brooker is survived by two sons, David and Carl, both of Appleton; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Cavil of DePere, Mrs. Adolph Elseth of Prairie Farm and Miss Annette Brooker of Chicago; two brothers, George of Sayner and Frank of Bowling Green, Ky.; two-sisters, Mrs. Joseph Schroder of Munising, Mich., and Mrs. Leon Kennedy of Shiocton, and 12 grandchildren.
[The Rhinelander Daily News (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), 28 Oct 1953, Wed • Page 2]
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