Portland – Joan E. Brooks, 82, of Cape Elizabeth passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021, at Maine Medical Center. Joan was born in Salem, Massachusetts during the great hurricane of 1938, the daughter of Alvin and Gertrude (Shortell) Dugar. Joan grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts and graduated from Danvers Holten High School, attended Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, where she met her future husband, Richard H. Brooks.
She married Richard in 1959 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joan was a dedicated wife and mother who created a loving and supportive home environment for Richard as well as their children and grandchildren.
Joan was a communicant at St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church in Cape Elizabeth.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Richard H. Brooks; three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly of Cape Elizabeth, Stephen H. Brooks of Parkland, Florida, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; and her sister, Sister Mary K. Dugar of Honolulu, Hawaii.
She is predeceased by her brother, Thomas N. Dugar, formerly of Peabody, Massachusetts.
A graveside service will be held in the Spring at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
She married Richard in 1959 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joan was a dedicated wife and mother who created a loving and supportive home environment for Richard as well as their children and grandchildren.
Joan was a communicant at St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church in Cape Elizabeth.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Richard H. Brooks; three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly of Cape Elizabeth, Stephen H. Brooks of Parkland, Florida, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; and her sister, Sister Mary K. Dugar of Honolulu, Hawaii.
She is predeceased by her brother, Thomas N. Dugar, formerly of Peabody, Massachusetts.
A graveside service will be held in the Spring at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
Portland – Joan E. Brooks, 82, of Cape Elizabeth passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021, at Maine Medical Center. Joan was born in Salem, Massachusetts during the great hurricane of 1938, the daughter of Alvin and Gertrude (Shortell) Dugar. Joan grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts and graduated from Danvers Holten High School, attended Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, where she met her future husband, Richard H. Brooks.
She married Richard in 1959 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joan was a dedicated wife and mother who created a loving and supportive home environment for Richard as well as their children and grandchildren.
Joan was a communicant at St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church in Cape Elizabeth.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Richard H. Brooks; three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly of Cape Elizabeth, Stephen H. Brooks of Parkland, Florida, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; and her sister, Sister Mary K. Dugar of Honolulu, Hawaii.
She is predeceased by her brother, Thomas N. Dugar, formerly of Peabody, Massachusetts.
A graveside service will be held in the Spring at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
She married Richard in 1959 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joan was a dedicated wife and mother who created a loving and supportive home environment for Richard as well as their children and grandchildren.
Joan was a communicant at St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church in Cape Elizabeth.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Richard H. Brooks; three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly of Cape Elizabeth, Stephen H. Brooks of Parkland, Florida, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; and her sister, Sister Mary K. Dugar of Honolulu, Hawaii.
She is predeceased by her brother, Thomas N. Dugar, formerly of Peabody, Massachusetts.
A graveside service will be held in the Spring at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
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